Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

regurgitate

[ri-gur-ji-teyt] / rɪˈgɜr dʒɪˌteɪt /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

It isn’t enough for him to regurgitate all this bad history that’s been totally debunked, or to present this tendentious theory of the Constitution as though it’s obviously correct.

From Slate Jul. 7, 2026

Conversely, those who regurgitate old styles might leave visitors with an unpleasant sense of déjà vu.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 20, 2026

Too much of modern life is dominated by machines that can only regurgitate what has come before, says Bienvenu.

From Barron's Mar. 5, 2026

During the period fish and sharks would eat sea lilies, which are hard to digest meaning they would then "regurgitate all the chalk bits", he explained.

From BBC Jan. 28, 2025

I will need these words later, when I have to regurgitate them for exams, so I attempt to write them in my notebook, bending my head down close to the paper in order to see.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

Programming that simply regurgitates what people already see, hear, and believe in their own lives is not, by any definition, “news” or even new.

From Slate Jan. 5, 2026

The 1995 Korean War Veterans Memorial is centered on figurative sculptures; the 2004 World War II Memorial regurgitates classical architectural banalities — arches, pylons and wreaths — on a scale worthy of Albert Speer.

From Washington Post Nov. 16, 2022

The ruminant regurgitates cud from the rumen, and the food is passed into the omasum for water removal and then into the small and large intestines for nutrient and further water absorption.

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

The movie is just a big, empty declaration of corporate dominance, a whirling CGI tornado that — like a much stupider Tasmanian Devil — ingests, barely processes and then promptly regurgitates everything in its path.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2021

He coughs a deep cough and regurgitates something into the bag.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

The New York Times cut ties with a freelance book critic who admitted that an A.I. editing tool had regurgitated passages from a Guardian article into his draft.

From Slate Apr. 17, 2026

Watching AI-generated content, which is regurgitated again and again, fed to a zombie audience that no longer cares.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 23, 2026

We’ve seen stem cell hype regurgitated by otherwise respectable news organizations, abetted by high-profile athletes attesting to miracle cures of their musculoskeletal ailments.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 17, 2025

They’re not up there playing regurgitated versions of “Medicine Bow,” “Don’t Bang The Drum” or “Fisherman’s Blues.”

From Salon Oct. 7, 2025

My stomach couldn’t handle any more sloppy regurgitated joes.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

With movies like “Obsession” and “Backrooms” already dominating the early-summer box office, the industry is rethinking its iron-grip commitment to regurgitating the same films audiences have seen 100 times before, in slightly different ways.

From Salon Jun. 10, 2026

Does being faithful mean regurgitating an author’s words?

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 20, 2025

Instead of listening to boring lectures regurgitating scientific papers they’d already read, why not present video footage?

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2024

They are most comfortable when regurgitating talking points and platitudes.

From Slate Jul. 16, 2024

The woman sounds like a machine regurgitating information.

From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez




Vocabulary lists containing regurgitate


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 12,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training