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Example Sentences
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“For nearly 250 years, Mary has played a distinct role in our great American story,” Trump declared, offering a brief Catholic history of the United States that would’ve made this country’s Puritan forefathers retch.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025
His mum Dawn Kafi, from Liverpool, said food made him retch and gag.
From BBC • Jan. 18, 2022
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
For about 40 of those years, the sight of that bust has made Willie Mahone, a local lawyer, want to retch.
From New York Times • Sep. 4, 2016
She leaned over the bed to retch more, trying to cough something up, but nothing came out.
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
