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  • His tongue and throat were instantly coated with a bitter paste and he swallowed involuntarily and felt the heat in his mouth and retched.†   (source)
  • I teased as he doubled over, coughing and retching out a mouthful of gasoline.†   (source)
  • He described the ice on the driveway, and Mrs. Trent's roast, and the torn IOU—and how a few degrees here and there had landed him on the terrace in the arms of the Princess while the rash lieutenant retched in the grass.†   (source)
  • Lale drops to his knees, retching.†   (source)
  • He fell to his knees by one of the scraggly trees on the outskirts of the forest and threw up, retching as he coughed and spat out every last morsel of the acidic, nasty bile from his stomach.†   (source)
  • You want to hear it heaving and dry retching.†   (source)
  • I recoiled as she leaned over the bed and retched a foul-smelling black fluid onto the floor.†   (source)
  • Deaf to Mother's retching in the house.†   (source)
  • He pushed himself up on one elbow, opened his eyes, and retched, vomiting all over his shirt.†   (source)
  • She lifted her head to give him a withering glare, but everything spun, dragging her down with it, and she retched again.†   (source)
  • Hester would usher in the New Year more emphatically than Owen or I could manage; she greeted the New Year on her knees—in the snow, in the rose garden, where Grandmother would not hear her retching up her rum and Coke (a concoction she had learned to fancy in the budding days of her romance in Tortola).†   (source)
  • He retched, but produced nothing.†   (source)
  • And later, for several hours after that, I sat hunched on the fire escape landing outside my bedroom, retching back into the ice cream container.†   (source)
  • I almost retch at the sound of applause when the cold-blooded animos sinks back into the floor.†   (source)
  • Certainly she had not spent the voyage groaning and retching like some of the passengers.†   (source)
  • That was the first thing that had caused her to suspect, and then the doctor had confirmed it, and then he would wake to the sounds, every morning when she went to brush her teeth, of her retching.†   (source)
  • She faux-retched.†   (source)
  • Rosaura, retching, abandoned her place of honor.†   (source)
  • I got sick and retched.†   (source)
  • Park had gym class right after lunch, and he ran so hard during drills, he'd started to retch up his fish sandwich.†   (source)
  • This dark land rising was like that day in his childhood, swimming, when from nowhere the largest wave in the history of remembering slammed him down in salt mud and green darkness, water burning mouth and nose, retching his stomach, screaming!†   (source)
  • Boris and I so sick we kept retching, and laughing about retching, which made us retch even harder.†   (source)
  • After the retching subsided, he hunkered motionless on his hands and knees for several minutes half out of the tent.†   (source)
  • A thoroughly slimed goblin collapsed retching on the floor.†   (source)
  • Behind the door across the hallway, I could hear someone retching.†   (source)
  • Convinced he was next, Paul D retched--vomiting up nothing at all.†   (source)
  • I retched and shuddered.†   (source)
  • Other workers tease the young man as he retches.†   (source)
  • Millicent was retching and trembling and Mr. Blanck was sweating and moaning, "My factory …. my factory ….†   (source)
  • We paused in odd moments of chewing or salt-sprinkling to hear her retch incompletely.†   (source)
  • Estha was already retching.†   (source)
  • After only five steps, he stopped and retched so strongly that it brought him to his knees.†   (source)
  • I waited for the police first in the kitchen, but the acrid smell of the burnt teakettle was curling up in the back of my throat, underscoring my need to retch, so I drifted out on the front porch, sat on the top stair, and willed myself to be calm.†   (source)
  • Jace bent over the railing, retching uncontrollably, the Sword still gripped in his hand.†   (source)
  • But within a half hour of getting him home, he was retching, trying to clear thick mucus from his throat.†   (source)
  • He leaned out over the transom of the boat and retched and cleared his throat and vomited again, this time more violently.†   (source)
  • He bent sideways and retched.†   (source)
  • Eragon clamped his mouth shut as his gorge rose and turned his attention elsewhere to keep from retching.†   (source)
  • He stood at the curb retching like "a drunk with the dry heaves."†   (source)
  • I sat through the visit, trying not to retch.†   (source)
  • I set the bucket down and turn away, retching.†   (source)
  • The moans, the sound of Joe retching, the thumpings and slammings as Joe ran down the hall to close the front door —these things had awakened him to his pain again.†   (source)
  • I double over, retching, and his knee comes up into my forehead.†   (source)
  • He vomited again and again, and the sound of his retching carried across the parking lot.†   (source)
  • She gave no hint of the anxiety that had had her retching earlier in the day, and her pregame instructions were spare: no cussing, and no tackling from behind.†   (source)
  • It rises, a thrashing of wings, up through her trachea-until Yo retches.†   (source)
  • I forced myself not to retch as I wiped her paws on the winter grass.†   (source)
  • I press my ear to the door, listening for sounds of crying or retching or anything.†   (source)
  • A real set of snapshots from my back-to-school experience would be something else entirely: Sophie's pretty mouth forming an ugly word, Will Cash smiling at me, me alone behind the building retching in the grass.†   (source)
  • In the gray twilight those retchings seemed to echo like the calls of some rude provisional species loosed upon that waste.†   (source)
  • One of the children, blond little Karen, leaned out of her seat, retching, on the verge of vomiting.†   (source)
  • Then he rose and stumbled to his truck, coughing, retching, and yelling in terror like a man suddenly deranged.†   (source)
  • Ben was on all fours, gasping, retching.†   (source)
  • Imagine, when the idea of food makes you want to retch, trying to deal with mostly-digested baby formula, big green glops, smeared on a butt (even if it is a pretty cute baby butt), all yours to clean.†   (source)
  • I spit it out, not even conscious of where it goes, and start retching.†   (source)
  • I couldn't keep from retching then.†   (source)
  • There was the recurring sound of retching and moaning, of laughter, greetings, threats and swearing, and of bottles shattering against rock.†   (source)
  • Kate struggled to her feet and began to retch.†   (source)
  • Vlad almost retched at their flirting.†   (source)
  • He turned and retched over a fire-bucket, missed it, which didn't matter, as the bucket was full to the brim.†   (source)
  • I tried to speak, but ended up retching again.†   (source)
  • The ball still cupped in her hand, she rolled over onto her haunches, struggling to breathe and fighting the need to retch.†   (source)
  • She retched and the new dentures, top and bottom set, went sailing like two porcelain birds into the weeds.†   (source)
  • The back of my throat tightened, and I wanted to retch.†   (source)
  • Retching, wheezing for air, the guy started to bend forward, and Joe head-butted him in the face.†   (source)
  • Ciel retched yellowish-green phlegm, and she brought up white lumps of slime that hit the seat of the toilet and rolled off, splattering onto the tiles.†   (source)
  • He crawled to a corner and retched until what was left of his dinner was gone.†   (source)
  • While his reading had braced him for Nick's diet, Max still retched upon opening the lid.†   (source)
  • There is also the sound of retching.†   (source)
  • MARTHA: It got so bad that whenever George came into the room he'd start right in retching, and ….†   (source)
  • Gollum coughed and retched; but the hobbits breathed deep, and suddenly Sam laughed, for heart's ease not for jest.†   (source)
  • They dove in tandem and splashed just as Ronin and Arvyl broke the surface, flesh pink, mouths wide, retching water.†   (source)
  • He clutched her necklace, a golden strawberry on a thin chain, while his mother retched.†   (source)
  • I almost vomited again; I went down on my knees and tried to keep from retching.†   (source)
  • It made me wonder if the mortar holding together the stone walls was really mud, or something disgusting that would make me retch if I knew what it was.†   (source)
  • Finally released from McCleethy's stare, I stagger to my room, nearly retching from the power I've held back.†   (source)
  • He rolled onto his side coughing, retching, and gagging violently.†   (source)
  • By custom he was then offered a blade, but he dropped it before he could pierce his belly, retching instead.†   (source)
  • A pain centered in his forehead and eyes made him bend double, and, as he did so, he retched.†   (source)
  • Conklin suddenly swallowed his entire drink; an extended, rolling, retching cough followed.†   (source)
  • Alan almost retched.†   (source)
  • She sniffed each pup, turning some of them right over on their backs in the process, then she hunched her shoulders and began to retch.†   (source)
  • The smell of his own vomit and the rotting garbage filled his head, and he retched until his stomach heaved in frantic dry spasms.†   (source)
  • Fink tied his own red scarf so tight around Measure's face that it forced the gag down into his throat even farther; again it took all his concentration just to breathe evenly and stop from gagging and retching.†   (source)
  • … so it is of some relief after these bitter months to discover a manuscript containing a prose style that does not cause fever, headache or retching, and as such the work deserves qualified praise.†   (source)
  • He reached the chute, clung to the planks and began to retch.†   (source)
  • She retched and strained again and again.†   (source)
  • Sometimes from sheer rebellion we ate grass, although it always resulted in stomach cramps and violent retching.†   (source)
  • And the dust made him cough and retch; in his turning the center of the whole earth shifted, making of space a sheer void and a mockery of order, and balance, and time.†   (source)
  • It sounded almost human…. no, it was human-the terrible sound of a grown man crying with heartbreak, the deep, retching, bass sobs that tear the chest.†   (source)
  • Reich crashed to the floor, retching, blood streaming from his nose.†   (source)
  • Lew, being the classy guy he was, left when he heard her retching, sort of slinking out the way he came in, and that was the last I saw of him.   (source)
    retching = having vomiting spasms
  • Then I grew sick, and retched to vomit, but could not, for I had nothing in my stomach to bring up.   (source)
  • Then she was on all fours, next to the wall, retching.†   (source)
  • He did not linger over Ron's cauldron, but backed away swiftly, retching slightly.†   (source)
  • From behind me there's a sound of retching.†   (source)
  • He choked and retched, trying to continue on his way despite being unable to walk straight.†   (source)
  • She thought of the phlegm and nearly retched.†   (source)
  • Just before landing he goes into the bathroom, retches into the tiny metal basin.†   (source)
  • Crouching on my hands and knees, I retch until there's nothing left to come up.†   (source)
  • He retched again and Ron leapt backwards out of the way.†   (source)
  • It was all Jon could do to roll over, retching and shaking.†   (source)
  • Boris and I so sick we kept retching, and laughing about retching, which made us retch even harder.†   (source)
  • I vomited on a tangle of weeds, my retching and groaning drowned in the deafening roar of the MiG.†   (source)
  • She held the girl's hair back, out of her face, when she had to retch.†   (source)
  • The force of the retching has squeezed tears out of my stinging eyes.†   (source)
  • Malfoy fell off the broom and lay facedown, gasping, coughing, and retching.†   (source)
  • Sometimes she retched and retched, threw up everything Mariam fed her.†   (source)
  • The black-haired girl smiled, then doubled over and retched on the braided rug.†   (source)
  • Then she turned to one side and retched.†   (source)
  • He retched but had nothing in his stomach to throw up.†   (source)
  • She smelled that awful smell and almost retched.†   (source)
  • My stomach checked to see if it had anything left to retch.†   (source)
  • Rollo groaned and retched, doubled over, clutching himself in disbelief, gasping for breath.†   (source)
  • During the night I can hear hurrying footsteps and retching and the toilet flushing.†   (source)
  • Tommen turned his head and doubled over, retching.†   (source)
  • She collapsed, gagging and retching, her whole body shaking violently.†   (source)
  • Nico curled into a ball and made retching sounds while his throat recovered.†   (source)
  • The moment he was upright, he retched and nearly fell to his knees again.†   (source)
  • This is nothing, she told herself But it was hard not to retch when she looked at Sciron's toes.†   (source)
  • Wordless, Sam staggered up onto the deck to retch, but there was nothing in his belly to bring up.†   (source)
  • He gagged and retched only to find that his limbs were bound tightly to a hard surface.†   (source)
  • And didn't retch, though my throat was, as the medic had promised, still raw.†   (source)
  • He blinked several times and suddenly retched, clutching the edge of the table.†   (source)
  • Her empty belly roiled and she thought she might retch.†   (source)
  • The ironman stumbled out after him, white-faced and struggling not to retch.†   (source)
  • Little Karen was still retching, huge gasps surprising from such a small child.†   (source)
  • She lurched forward and retched again, spewing half-digested food across the floor.†   (source)
  • The delivery guy retches again, and my stomach churns, wanting to join him.†   (source)
  • This time, though, as I felt my stomach clench, my body retch, nothing came up.†   (source)
  • He recalled her hands on him, washing his body, dressing him, even holding his head when he retched.†   (source)
  • First she felt cold and then she was seized by a fit of retching.†   (source)
  • I struggled to my hands and knees, trying not to retch.†   (source)
  • They make me want to retch," Erin said without looking up from her spaghetti.†   (source)
  • It was all he could do not to retch it back up.†   (source)
  • He gagged and retched but managed to force it down.†   (source)
  • Lollys ate too fast, got sick, and retched all over herself and her sister.†   (source)
  • He was back in human form, retching and stumbling.†   (source)
  • She heard one of the children retching, and another crying out, "I don't want any more.†   (source)
  • Something rough and writhing surged up out of my throat and I retched, and gasped convulsively.†   (source)
  • Hungry as he was, Sam knew he would retch if he so much as tried a bite.†   (source)
  • "I want to retch," he said to Gerris Drinkwater.†   (source)
  • Dorcas gasped, and Jocelyn covered her mouth and retched.†   (source)
  • Pyp turned aside to retch, and Jon found himself envying Maester Aemon his blindness.†   (source)
  • Instead of words he retched out water, and gasped.†   (source)
  • She spent the rest of that day retching up green slime.†   (source)
  • Sam bent over the gunwale and retched, but not into the wind.†   (source)
  • Lord Petyr was being so kind, she did not want to spoil it all by retching on him.†   (source)
  • Tyrion managed to avoid retching his way through all of this, chiefly thanks to the lack of wine.†   (source)
  • He retched the wine up and lay in it a while, wondering if the ship would sink.†   (source)
  • When he was not squalling, he was retching up his mother's milk.†   (source)
  • Jaime was so thirsty he drank it anyway, but afterward he retched it all back up.†   (source)
  • Clutching the rail, Sansa turned away and retched.†   (source)
  • Did you see him retching in the holy sept?†   (source)
  • While descending the serpentine steps he stumbled to his knees and retched.†   (source)
  • She stood heaving and retching for long moments by the window.†   (source)
  • He stopped his horse, got off, and fell to his knees and began to retch.†   (source)
  • He retched and. vomited twice, cleaning out his stomach, and felt better.†   (source)
  • He retched at the smell, and he threw the meat away.†   (source)
  • A blast of green light blazed through Harry's eyelids, and he heard something heavy fall to the ground beside him; the pain in his scar reached such a pitch that he retched, and then it diminished; terrified of what he was about to see, he opened his stinging eyes.†   (source)
  • When she ate, she imagined the food falling into the baby frog's mouth, and then her stomach felt like a gunky swamp and she had to run to the bathroom and make herself retch, hoping the frog would leap into the toilet and her troubles could be flushed away.†   (source)
  • Less retching, to be sure, but more coughing and snores; and also a good deal of crying and praying, which can be understood under the circumstances.†   (source)
  • Ron was making retching noises; Hermione stammered, "That m-must have b-been the T-Tongue-Tying Curse Mad-Eye set up for Snape!"†   (source)
  • It was sudden mayhem, me on all fours, retching all over shards of broken porcelain, Madaline saying, "Oh dear.†   (source)
  • Uncle Vernon was purple-faced, shouting, his fists still raised; Aunt Petunia had her arms around Dudley, who was retching again.†   (source)
  • Castor and Pollux grab towels, aprons to stuff in the cracks as Gale retches into a bright yellow sink.†   (source)
  • I feel like retching.†   (source)
  • He drops to his knees and dry retches.†   (source)
  • After several minutes, Marley slowly stood up on shaky legs and tried to retch again, but nothing would come out.†   (source)
  • There is talk of the auction, of babysitters to get home to, but mostly of Celia Foote retching in the middle of it all.†   (source)
  • He belched, retched, leaned forward.†   (source)
  • She wanted to punch the smirk off his face, but as she took a step, her knees shook, and she put her hands against the tree again, waiting for the retching to renew.†   (source)
  • Someone did manage a retch.†   (source)
  • His position near the back of Fischer's group on the morning of May 10, retching his guts out, seemed to indicate that something was seriously amiss.†   (source)
  • Then I doubled over and retched.†   (source)
  • Imagining this phone conversation, and my role in the events leading up to it, I fell to my knees with dry heaves, retching over and over as the icy wind blasted against my back.†   (source)
  • We're just gonna let Madam Marsh off first, though —' there was a retching sound from downstairs, followed by a horrible spattering noise '— she's not feeling 'er best.'†   (source)
  • Someone retched.†   (source)
  • Retching.†   (source)
  • So far he had not lurched off to the woods to retch, but he had not so much as glanced at the dead men either.†   (source)
  • He retched.†   (source)
  • …olives, turning up the stereo, putting on her holiday joke apron, and unwrapping the turkey breast she'd bought us in Chinatown, only to wrinkle her nose and start back at the smell—"Oh God, Theo, this thing's gone off, open the door for me" —eyewatering ammonia reek, holding it out before her like an undetonated grenade as she ran with it down the fire stairs and out to the garbage can on the street while I — leaning out from the window — made gleeful retching noises from on high.†   (source)
  • Choking and retching, soaking and colder than he had ever been in his life, he came to facedown in the snow.†   (source)
  • What with the regular sounds of retching, cheering and the sound of Fred and George taking advance orders from the crowd, Harry was finding it exceptionally difficult to focus on the correct method for Strengthening Solution.†   (source)
  • …space and I can't remember if I shot at him because somehow it was a completely different moment and I was facing away from the car, I was doubled over with my hands on my knees and the gun was on the ground, I had no memory of dropping it although the sound was there, it was clattering to the floor and it kept on clattering and I was still hearing the echoes and feeling the vibration of the gun up my arm, retching and doubled over, with Frits's blood crawling and curling on my tongue.†   (source)
  • Not with this daily retching.†   (source)
  • If she choked on the blood or retched up the flesh, the omens were less favorable; the child might be stillborn, or come forth weak, deformed, or female.†   (source)
  • There was a sudden explosion of choking and retching, plus a good deal of thumping, by the sound of it.†   (source)
  • Yet back on the Bite it had seemed prudent to submit to a crewman's razor, after his whiskers had become hopelessly befouled for the third time while he leaned over the rail and retched into the swirling winds.†   (source)
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