retch
verb (used without object)
to make efforts to vomit.
is retching
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present progressiveof retch (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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When Maresa throws a tantrum: “I am not baffled by this screaming girl, but my comprehension is no help. She is retching, she is shaking, she is spitting up bile.”
From Washington Times ● Apr. 15, 2019
My lady is retching her soul away, if she has such a thing as a soul.
From Atlantis by Adele Szold Seltzer
