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Examples of dry heaves in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
His woes started with neck pain, then progressed to dry heaves and headaches.
—Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2023
In a city renowned for public vomiting, Kansas was bent over with dry heaves.
—Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2022
Albertina Bonetti, 77, from Trescore Balneario, near Bergamo, developed nausea and fever on March 7, followed by dry heaves and diarrhea.
—Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 10 May 2020
The symptoms began immediately: First, dry heaves, and then intense neck and head pain, according to doctors at the Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown, New York.
—Laignee Barron, Time, 10 Apr. 2018
The 34-year-old man, who was not identified, experienced a series of intense headaches and dry heaving after eating a Carolina Reaper, reportedly the hottest pepper in the world, during the contest in New York.
—Mark Lieber, CNN, 9 Apr. 2018
Exhausted from labor and dry heaves, Kirsten begged for an epidural, and Liam finally emerged into Michael’s hands.
—Anndee Hochman, Philly.com, 3 Oct. 2017
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Word History
First Known Use
1950, in the meaning defined above
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“Dry heaves.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dry%20heaves. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
Medical Definition
dry heaves
noun plural
: repeated involuntary retching unaccompanied by vomit
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