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The heat lingered around 100 degrees, and while Young danced and sang, she began to visibly gag and retch before running off the stage and asking for a bucket.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2026
His mum Dawn Kafi, from Liverpool, said food made him retch and gag.
From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2022
I can tolerate some dairy, but I still have to repress a retch at the sight of yogurt.
From New York Times ● Aug. 24, 2021
She’s looks like she’s about to retch as she hoists a raw turkey from the sink where she was washing it.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 10, 2021
When he heard Hooper begin to retch, he shot round in terror, it was like hearing the dead.
From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill
Diana’s wardrobe becomes a gorgeous prison, from the string of pearls that repeatedly tightens around her neck to the stunning Chanel gown she wears as she retches into a toilet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2021
With a flourish, almost with dedication, with loud retches.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 7, 2019
When Tenorman learns of his error, he retches and begins to sob.
From Newsweek ● Feb. 19, 2013
While a fellow student retches, the teacher exalts his genius.
From New York Times ● Sep. 27, 2012
Just before landing he goes into the bathroom, retches into the tiny metal basin.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
They retched when he complained, “I know you’re upset. We’re upset. Our building burned down.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
As we walked along 12th Avenue East toward my car at 3 a.m., we passed a man rubbing another man’s back as he retched on a dirt sidewalk strip.
From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2023
McDonald spoke of the usual chicken and spaghetti at that hour, and no one retched, at least not audibly.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 25, 2021
When I hoisted myself into the driver’s seat, I practically retched.
From New York Times ● Jul. 24, 2020
He retched and ducked out of sight again.
From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling
The smell was so overwhelming that workers started retching.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
While his long-time rivals move into the next phase of their lives, Djokovic was retching at the side of a court in an attempt to summon the energy to beat a teenager.
From BBC ● May 29, 2026
When she wasn’t retching, she lay her head in her boyfriend’s lap.
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2024
Instead she found two of her co-workers vomiting, with one retching into her bowl.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2023
He ordered Nicolas to help him with her until the effects of the ether had worn off, but when he looked up, he saw that his brother was slumped against the wall, retching violently.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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