vomit
verb (used without object)
to eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; regurgitate; throw up.
had vomited
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past perfectof vomit.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Donald - who had eaten his portion of lunch and about half his wife's - told a doctor he had vomited 30 times in the space of a few hours.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2025
"The smell is terrible," she complained, noting that the birds had vomited fish guts all over her lawn.
From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2023
One Air Force spouse told leaders at a town hall streamed online over the weekend that her infant had vomited for days and that her dog, whose health rapidly deteriorated, had to be euthanized.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 7, 2021
A tacky chair in a trailer park looks “like a clown had vomited on it”; a small-time crook is “as slick as two eels in a bucketful of snot.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 17, 2020
Stef had vomited into Dri’s chest and neck and maybe her face, but Dri never flinched.
From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin
