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Definition

an involuntary vomiting spasm, but generally with nothing coming up

retch = an involuntary vomiting spasm

Then I grew sick, and retched to vomit, but could not, for I had nothing in my stomach to bring up.
Daniel Defoe -- The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
I would lean up against the wall and wipe my face, then the retching and sickness would start again.
Jean Rhys -- Wide Sargasso Sea

retching = vomiting spasms

But I only retched a bit.
Sherman Alexie -- The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

retched = had vomiting spasms

retches = vomiting spasms

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.
Nicholas Sparks -- A Walk to Remember

retching = having vomiting spasms

Several miles passed in silence; then I heard him retching into the bowl.
Todd Burpo -- Heaven Is for Real

retching = having vomiting spasms

retched = had vomiting spasms

There it was, galloping across a balcony, a flaming, fiery cow, screaming while a Jackboot behind it laughed and the flamethrower retched more fire until the cow plunged through the railing and sailed through the air, flames flapping like wings to the ground.
Jerry Spinelli -- Milkweed

retched = vomited (spewed or ejected)

They dove in tandem and splashed just as Ronin and Arvyl broke the surface, flesh pink, mouths wide, retching water.
Ted Dekker -- Red: The Heroic Rescue
As always, the gin made him shudder and even retch slightly.
George Orwell -- 1984
Boris and I so sick we kept retching, and laughing about retching, which made us retch even harder.
Donna Tartt -- The Goldfinch
Millicent was retching and trembling and Mr. Blanck was sweating and moaning, "My factory .... my factory ....
Margaret Peterson Haddix -- Uprising
But within a half hour of getting him home, he was retching, trying to clear thick mucus from his throat.
John Grogan -- Marley & Me
From behind me there's a sound of retching.
Margaret Atwood -- The Handmaid's Tale
I forced myself not to retch as I wiped her paws on the winter grass.
P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast -- Marked
There is also the sound of retching.
Susan Ee -- Angelfall
Behind the door across the hallway, I could hear someone retching.
Nicholas Sparks -- Dear John
Upon seeing their commander, one promptly retched while the others snapped to some semblance of bleary, blinking attention.
Henry H. Neff -- The Maelstrom
Fern had driven him home; deposited him, retching and wabbling, on the Bogart porch.
Sinclair Lewis -- Main Street

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