retch
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On the record she punctuates that line with an exaggerated retch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2023
His mum Dawn Kafi, from Liverpool, said food made him retch and gag.
From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2022
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
Practice tai chi, yoga, meditation, anything that trains you to see fear arising — or the need to retch — and serenely let those feelings pass.
From New York Times ● Jun. 30, 2016
The reek of the mound is great, and at first though my belly is empty, I retch.
From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads
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
Dumbfounded, she stalks away and retches in a trash bin.
From New York Times ● Jul. 1, 2014
When Tenorman learns of his error, he retches and begins to sob.
From Newsweek ● Feb. 19, 2013
It rises, a thrashing of wings, up through her trachea—until Yo retches.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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
Rollo groaned and retched, doubled over, clutching himself in disbelief, gasping for breath.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
The smell was so overwhelming that workers started retching.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
“Pepper” follows the overlapping pursuits of a handful of pepper enthusiasts, whose interests lie in the hottest of the hots, peppers that induce sweating, crying and retching within minutes.
From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2024
Instead she found two of her co-workers vomiting, with one retching into her bowl.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2023
Ms Ormerod said her father came to the door saying: "I really don't feel very well," with him retching and screwing his face up.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2023
The old dame who had been their nurse fetched dry jerkins out of a press, and scolded them for retching their deaths, and denounced Sir Ector for keeping on so long.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
