retch

Example Sentences

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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

We retch, say “yuck”, and back off to protect ourselves from exposure to them and their disease-laden possibilities.

From The Guardian • Nov. 19, 2019

But they’re also 4-3 against the three worst teams in the Eastern Conference, and if you didn’t retch a little during that double-digit loss in Atlanta, your stomach is stronger than mine.

From Washington Post • Jan. 18, 2018

The closer they got, the worse the funk became, until Magdalys felt like she was going to retch.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older