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

Rittenhouse tried to keep going, gesticulating with his arms but speaking in a vomitous retch.

From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2022

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

I bend over again and start to retch.

From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner