emetic

Example Sentences

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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

Please tell me the most emetic fact about Zika that you know.

From Slate • Jan. 28, 2016

The market had overindulged in speculation and borrowing, and it was issuing its own emetic.

From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2015

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