Sample Sentences for
retch
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    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
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    I would lean up against the wall and wipe my face, then the retching and sickness would start again.  (source)
    retching = vomiting spasms
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    But I only retched a bit.  (source)
    retched = had vomiting spasms
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    Certainly she had not spent the voyage groaning and retching like some of the passengers.†  (source)
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    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.  (source)
    retched = vomited (spewed or ejected)
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    Crouching on my hands and knees, I retch until there's nothing left to come up.†  (source)
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    "Go away," I gasped between retches.  (source)
    retches = vomiting spasms
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    Every pore inside the boys' cheeks became a spouting fountain; they could scarcely bail out the cellars under their tongues fast enough to prevent an inundation; little overflowings down their throats occurred in spite of all they could do, and sudden retchings followed every time.†  (source)
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    He took advantage of Nicole's absence to cough hard and retchingly into his handkerchief, and to blow his nose loud.†  (source)
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    From behind me there's a sound of retching.†  (source)
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    He retched and ducked out of sight again.†  (source)
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    My stomach checked to see if it had anything left to retch.†  (source)
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    The delivery guy retches again, and my stomach churns, wanting to join him.†  (source)
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