vomit
verb (used without object)
to eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; regurgitate; throw up.
vomiting
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present participleof vomit.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Five pupils, including the four who later died, started vomiting.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
When he found her, she was in the front yard, unresponsive and vomiting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
Realistic vomiting noises are a specialty of Melody Muzljakovich, a Dallas voice actor who plays the heroine Feyre under the stage name Melody Muze.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
He’s malleable and clueless about a lot of things, including whether it’s appropriate to interpret a female colleague’s nervous vomiting as an indicator that she’s pregnant.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026
Dalgard told them what had just happened at the monkey house, that a man had gone down with vomiting.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
