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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
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.