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Example Sentences
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Their smell made Christopher want to retch: it was like meat left in the sun for too long.
From Literature
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“Oh God,” said Sue, and Akira turned away and retched into the road.
From Literature
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"I can't stand them, like they make me dry retch. So if it was a cane toad, it would have scared me."
From BBC
Earlier, while cleaning one resident's room, I found myself retching because of the smell, unable to stay for longer than 20 seconds.
From BBC
When she wasn’t retching, she lay her head in her boyfriend’s lap.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.