Example Sentences

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While his long-time rivals move into the next phase of their lives, Djokovic was retching at the side of a court in an attempt to summon the energy to beat a teenager.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

A 20-year-old who lived on Flint’s east side said that a few hours after he drank two glasses of water, he was retching over a toilet.

From The Guardian • Jul. 3, 2018

I had the dry heaves and was retching uncontrollably.

From Slate • Oct. 3, 2013

Soon I was retching violently and my stomach, long since devoid of all possible contents, began hurling its digestive acids up my throat, followed by bile, bitter and green, which burned like fire.

From Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer by Isaacson, Lauren Ann

Already he was retching with the vertigo of the heights.

From The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies by Buchan, John