emetic

Example Sentences

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Nothing here feels cute, quaint or kitsch, though whimsy can fall that way, into a slough of soggy sentimentality sometimes laced with an emetic of twee.

From New York Times • Nov. 20, 2018

In those days, the only available cure was tartar emetic, a compound of antimony that was administered as 12–16 injections given once a week.

From Nature • Nov. 7, 2017

In truth, it is not Milwaukee’s superlative anything—not its worst beer, not even its best emetic.

From Slate • Dec. 27, 2012

Robert Pattinson as Eric Packer in Cosmopolis, 'a Gatsby-esque figure, remote, inscrutable and doomed'. made his name directing body horror movies of an often emetic kind that seemed aimed at drive-in audiences.

From The Guardian • Jun. 16, 2012

A doctor gave him a strong drug called an emetic, which made him vomit up the ball.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen