RETCH in a Sentence

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The faint niggery smell which crept from the cabin increased her nausea and, without strength to combat it, she kept on retching miserably ...

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 Meanings and Examples of RETCH
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retch
 v.  make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit
 n.  an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting
Classic Sentence:
1  The faint niggery smell which crept from the cabin increased her nausea and, without strength to combat it, she kept on retching miserably while the cabins and trees revolved swiftly around her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
2  Fern had driven him home; deposited him, retching and wabbling, on the Bogart porch.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
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