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  • He retched and ducked out of sight again.†   (source)
  • Sometimes I called Laura a pest and told her not to bother me, and only last week I'd found her licking an envelope — one of my own special envelopes, for thank-you notes — and had told her that the glue on them was made from boiled horses, which had caused her to retch and sniffle.†   (source)
  • 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)
  • You want to hear it heaving and dry 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)
  • 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 leaned out over the transom of the boat and retched and cleared his throat and vomited again, this time more violently.†   (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)
  • She lifted her head to give him a withering glare, but everything spun, dragging her down with it, and she retched again.†   (source)
  • I got sick and retched.†   (source)
  • I almost retch at the sound of applause when the cold-blooded animos sinks back into the floor.†   (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)
  • She faux-retched.†   (source)
  • Rosaura, retching, abandoned her place of honor.†   (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)
  • Certainly she had not spent the voyage groaning and retching like some of the passengers.†   (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)
  • Boris and I so sick we kept retching, and laughing about retching, which made us retch even harder.†   (source)
  • Estha was already retching.†   (source)
  • A thoroughly slimed goblin collapsed retching on the floor.†   (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)
  • 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)
  • Then she turned to one side and retched.†   (source)
  • After only five steps, he stopped and retched so strongly that it brought him to his knees.†   (source)
  • But within a half hour of getting him home, he was retching, trying to clear thick mucus from his throat.†   (source)
  • Convinced he was next, Paul D retched—vomiting up nothing at all.†   (source)
  • I tried to speak, but ended up retching again.†   (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)
  • Millicent was retching and trembling and Mr. Blanck was sweating and moaning, "My factory ...my factory ...," but Harriet sounded as if she'd done nothing more dangerous than riding a Ferris wheel at Coney Island.†   (source)
  • After the retching subsided, he hunkered motionless on his hands and knees for several minutes half out of the tent.†   (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)
  • The black-haired girl smiled, then doubled over and retched on the braided rug.†   (source)
  • I press my ear to the door, listening for sounds of crying or retching or anything.†   (source)
  • I couldn't keep from retching then.†   (source)
  • It rises, a thrashing of wings, up through her trachea-until Yo retches.†   (source)
  • We paused in odd moments of chewing or salt-sprinkling to hear her retch incompletely.†   (source)
  • He vomited again and again, and the sound of his retching carried across the parking lot.†   (source)
  • He bent sideways and retched.†   (source)
  • Other workers tease the young man as he retches.†   (source)
  • I don't remember anyone giving permission for Zoey to get a cat," John said, making me want to retch.†   (source)
  • Jace bent over the railing, retching uncontrollably, the Sword still gripped in his hand.†   (source)
  • He turned and retched over a fire-bucket, missed it, which didn't matter, as the bucket was full to the brim.†   (source)
  • Ben was on all fours, gasping, retching.†   (source)
  • He stood at the curb retching like "a drunk with the dry heaves."†   (source)
  • In the gray twilight those retchings seemed to echo like the calls of some rude provisional species loosed upon that waste.†   (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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • One of the children, blond little Karen, leaned out of her seat, retching, on the verge of vomiting.†   (source)
  • I double over, retching, and his knee comes up into my forehead.†   (source)
  • I sat through the visit, trying not to retch.†   (source)
  • It was cool, but he was sweating from his exertions, having thumped walls, crept into crawl spaces, and prodded through piles of filth that sent him retching into corners on more than one occasion.†   (source)
  • She retched and the new dentures, top and bottom set, went sailing like two porcelain birds into the weeds.†   (source)
  • There was the recurring sound of retching and moaning, of laughter, greetings, threats and swearing, and of bottles shattering against rock.†   (source)
  • I set the bucket down and turn away, retching.†   (source)
  • Vlad almost retched at their flirting.†   (source)
  • I spit it out, not even conscious of where it goes, and start retching.†   (source)
  • The back of my throat tightened, and I wanted to retch.†   (source)
  • There is also the sound of retching.†   (source)
  • She smelled that awful smell and almost retched.†   (source)
  • They dove in tandem and splashed just as Ronin and Arvyl broke the surface, flesh pink, mouths wide, retching water.†   (source)
  • He crawled to a corner and retched until what was left of his dinner was gone.†   (source)
  • Then he rose and stumbled to his truck, coughing, retching, and yelling in terror like a man suddenly deranged.†   (source)
  • The ball still cupped in her hand, she rolled over onto her haunches, struggling to breathe and fighting the need to retch.†   (source)
  • Gollum coughed and retched; but the hobbits breathed deep, and suddenly Sam laughed, for heart's ease not for jest.†   (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)
  • Conklin suddenly swallowed his entire drink; an extended, rolling, retching cough followed.†   (source)
  • He rolled onto his side coughing, retching, and gagging violently.†   (source)
  • Finally released from McCleethy's stare, I stagger to my room, nearly retching from the power I've held back.†   (source)
  • A pain centered in his forehead and eyes made him bend double, and, as he did so, he retched.†   (source)
  • Retching, wheezing for air, the guy started to bend forward, and Joe head-butted him in the face.†   (source)
  • He clutched her necklace, a golden strawberry on a thin chain, while his mother retched.†   (source)
  • MARTHA: It got so bad that whenever George came into the room he'd start right in retching, and .... GEORGE: ....the real reason (Spits out the words) our son ....used to throw up all the time, wife and lover, was nothing more complicated than that he couldn't stand you fiddling at him all the time, breaking into his bedroom with your kimono flying, fiddling at him all the time, with your liquor breath on him, and your hands all over his .... MARTHA: YEAH?†   (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)
  • By custom he was then offered a blade, but he dropped it before he could pierce his belly, retching instead.†   (source)
  • Alan almost retched.†   (source)
  • I almost vomited again; I went down on my knees and tried to keep from retching.†   (source)
  • She retched and strained again and again.†   (source)
  • He reached the chute, clung to the planks and began to retch.†   (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)
  • ...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)
  • 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)
  • Then I grew sick, and retched to vomit, but could not, for I had nothing in my stomach to bring up.   (source)
  • Nico curled into a ball and made retching sounds while his throat recovered.†   (source)
  • Behind the door across the hallway, I could hear someone 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)
  • Then she was on all fours, next to the wall, retching.†   (source)
  • Malfoy fell off the broom and lay facedown, gasping, coughing, and retching.†   (source)
  • It was all Jon could do to roll over, retching and shaking.†   (source)
  • She held the girl's hair back, out of her face, when she had to retch.†   (source)
  • I vomited on a tangle of weeds, my retching and groaning drowned in the deafening roar of the MiG.†   (source)
  • She thought of the phlegm and nearly retched.†   (source)
  • Crouching on my hands and knees, I retch until there's nothing left to come up.†   (source)
  • And didn't retch, though my throat was, as the medic had promised, still raw.†   (source)
  • He retched again and Ron leapt backwards out of the way.†   (source)
  • Just before landing he goes into the bathroom, retches into the tiny metal basin.†   (source)
  • Boris and I so sick we kept retching, and laughing about retching, which made us retch even harder.†   (source)
  • He choked and retched, trying to continue on his way despite being unable to walk straight.†   (source)
  • Something rough and writhing surged up out of my throat and I retched, and gasped convulsively.†   (source)
  • The force of the retching has squeezed tears out of my stinging eyes.†   (source)
  • Sometimes she retched and retched, threw up everything Mariam fed her.†   (source)
  • Rollo groaned and retched, doubled over, clutching himself in disbelief, gasping for breath.†   (source)
  • My stomach checked to see if it had anything left to retch.†   (source)
  • She collapsed, gagging and retching, her whole body shaking violently.†   (source)
  • Tommen turned his head and doubled over, retching.†   (source)
  • Kate struggled to her feet and began to retch.†   (source)
  • During the night I can hear hurrying footsteps and retching and the toilet flushing.†   (source)
  • He retched but had nothing in his stomach to throw up.†   (source)
  • While his reading had braced him for Nick's diet, Max still retched upon opening the lid.†   (source)
  • I forced myself not to retch as I wiped her paws on the winter grass.†   (source)
  • He blinked several times and suddenly retched, clutching the edge of the table.†   (source)
  • Wordless, Sam staggered up onto the deck to retch, but there was nothing in his belly to bring up.†   (source)
  • First she felt cold and then she was seized by a fit of retching.†   (source)
  • Her empty belly roiled and she thought she might retch.†   (source)
  • Hungry as he was, Sam knew he would retch if he so much as tried a bite.†   (source)
  • This time, though, as I felt my stomach clench, my body retch, nothing came up.†   (source)
  • I struggled to my hands and knees, trying not to retch.†   (source)
  • Little Karen was still retching, huge gasps surprising from such a small child.†   (source)
  • He gagged and retched only to find that his limbs were bound tightly to a hard surface.†   (source)
  • She lurched forward and retched again, spewing half-digested food across the floor.†   (source)
  • He recalled her hands on him, washing his body, dressing him, even holding his head when he retched.†   (source)
  • They make me want to retch," Erin said without looking up from her spaghetti.†   (source)
  • This is nothing, she told herself But it was hard not to retch when she looked at Sciron's toes.†   (source)
  • The delivery guy retches again, and my stomach churns, wanting to join him.†   (source)
  • The moment he was upright, he retched and nearly fell to his knees again.†   (source)
  • "I want to retch," he said to Gerris Drinkwater.†   (source)
  • It was all he could do not to retch it back up.†   (source)
  • The ironman stumbled out after him, white-faced and struggling not to retch.†   (source)
  • Lollys ate too fast, got sick, and retched all over herself and her sister.†   (source)
  • He gagged and retched but managed to force it down.†   (source)
  • She heard one of the children retching, and another crying out, "I don't want any more.†   (source)
  • Sam bent over the gunwale and retched, but not into the wind.†   (source)
  • He was back in human form, retching and stumbling.†   (source)
  • When he was not squalling, he was retching up his mother's milk.†   (source)
  • He retched the wine up and lay in it a while, wondering if the ship would sink.†   (source)
  • Pyp turned aside to retch, and Jon found himself envying Maester Aemon his blindness.†   (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)
  • Dorcas gasped, and Jocelyn covered her mouth and retched.†   (source)
  • Clutching the rail, Sansa turned away and retched.†   (source)
  • Instead of words he retched out water, and gasped.†   (source)
  • She spent the rest of that day retching up green slime.†   (source)
  • Did you see him retching in the holy sept?†   (source)
  • While descending the serpentine steps he stumbled to his knees and retched.†   (source)
  • Jaime was so thirsty he drank it anyway, but afterward he retched it all back up.†   (source)
  • He stopped his horse, got off, and fell to his knees and began to retch.†   (source)
  • She stood heaving and retching for long moments by the window.†   (source)
  • He retched at the smell, and he threw the meat 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)
  • Castor and Pollux grab towels, aprons to stuff in the cracks as Gale retches into a bright yellow sink.†   (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)
  • It was sudden mayhem, me on all fours, retching all over shards of broken porcelain, Madaline saying, "Oh dear.†   (source)
  • I retched and shuddered.†   (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)
  • Uncle Vernon was purple-faced, shouting, his fists still raised; Aunt Petunia had her arms around Dudley, who was retching again.†   (source)
  • She beard the retching sounds begin and turned into the bathroom her mind already occupied with the details: clear liquids, bed rest, the chamber-pot, some books; Brock could take the portable TV up to her room when he got back from school and She looked, and these thoughts were driven from her mind with the force of a roundhouse slap.†   (source)
  • After several minutes, Marley slowly stood up on shaky legs and tried to retch again, but nothing would come out.†   (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)
  • He drops to his knees and dry retches.†   (source)
  • I feel like retching.†   (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)
  • Then I doubled over and retched.†   (source)
  • Someone did manage a retch.†   (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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • He retched.†   (source)
  • Retching.†   (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)
  • 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)
  • Someone retched.†   (source)
  • There was a sudden explosion of choking and retching, plus a good deal of thumping, by the sound of it.†   (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)
  • Not with this daily retching.†   (source)
  • Another retch forced me to close my eyes and the thing came all the way free with an audible plop into the container.†   (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)
  • 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)
  • Thrashing, suffocating, he scrabbled at the strangling chain, his frozen fingers unable to loosen it, and now little lights were popping inside his head, and he was going to drown, there was nothing left, nothing he could do, and the arms that closed around his chest were surely Death's.... Choking and retching, soaking and colder than he had ever been in his life, he came to facedown in the snow.†   (source)
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