Explore Retching through 4 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Retching meaning
present participle and gerund of retch
Using Retching
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of retch
- In the example corpus, retching often appears in combinations such as: retching and, started retching.
Context around Retching
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Retching
- In this selection, "retching" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 26 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, started, people and begins stand out and add context to how "retching" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include he begins retching and he started retching and almost. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "retching" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with retching
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
About 25 minutes after Rogers is placed in the cell, he is still wearing the impermeable device on his mouth as he begins retching. (24 words)
With only five minutes remaining, he was left with a small amount of chips and three onion rings, but he started retching and nearly vomited. (25 words)
But there is one particular ‘method’ of quaffing your Cup of Joe that's got some people retching and reportedly thrown out of major coffee brands’ branches. (27 words)
With just five minutes to go he had only a handful of scraps of chips and three onion rings left but he started retching and almost threw up. (28 words)
But there is one particular ‘method’ of quaffing your Cup of Joe that's got some people retching and reportedly thrown out of major coffee brands’ branches. (27 words)
With only five minutes remaining, he was left with a small amount of chips and three onion rings, but he started retching and nearly vomited. (25 words)
Example sentences (4)
But there is one particular ‘method’ of quaffing your Cup of Joe that's got some people retching and reportedly thrown out of major coffee brands’ branches.
With just five minutes to go he had only a handful of scraps of chips and three onion rings left but he started retching and almost threw up.
With only five minutes remaining, he was left with a small amount of chips and three onion rings, but he started retching and nearly vomited.
About 25 minutes after Rogers is placed in the cell, he is still wearing the impermeable device on his mouth as he begins retching.
Common combinations with retching
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: