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
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
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 breakfast follows the early-morning diaper change, and the smell of feces fills the hallway and makes me retch.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
