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Examples of vomit in a Sentence
Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2023
The nuts, also known as Nuez de la India and sometimes marketed as a weight loss supplement, are known to cause nausea or vomiting in some cases.
—Aria Bendix, NBC News, 14 Sep. 2023
If your child is vomiting or having diarrhea, but is also congested or coughing, COVID-19 is a more likely cause, says Dr. O'Shea.
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 14 Sep. 2023
The most common symptom was vomiting, with 84% reporting followed by nausea at 80% and diarrhea at 68%.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2023
The most common symptoms of peptic ulcers include indigestion, abdominal pain, getting too full too fast, nausea, vomiting, bloating and burping, the clinic and the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases explains.
—Simrin Singh, CBS News, 7 Sep. 2023
The main health risks of eating a Carolina Reaper involve vomiting or burning or numbness in the mouth, according to a 2020 study.
—Aria Bendix, NBC News, 7 Sep. 2023
People with the kind of internal bleeding Walker had often vomit blood and have symptoms associated with severe blood loss, such as extreme fatigue and a sudden loss in blood pressure, said Dr. James Farrell of the Yale School of Medicine.
—oregonlive, 31 Aug. 2023
Severe cases start with the sudden onset of a headache, high fever, chills and vomiting before progressing to disorientation, seizures, encephalitis and coma.
—Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 24 Aug. 2023
cleveland, 14 Sep. 2023
The dog vomit slime mold will not harm your plants, pets or family so there is no need to try to control it.
—Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2023
Before heading to the hospital Jan. 30, Landon's parents washed off the vomit from his unconscious body, according to the criminal complaints.
—Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 1 Aug. 2023
Susan Benson was fellow passenger on the same Aug. 26 flight from Seattle to Montreal sitting near the vomit.
—Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2023
An officer testified that Cole showed up at the station in a panicked state, and that vomit was found on the driver’s side of the car.
—Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2023
The mass on the ground in the photo looks like dog vomit slime mold that is starting to dry up.
—Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2023
Behind-the-scenes footage shows the special effects team testing out different kinds of vomit apparatuses to see just where the puke would land.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2023
The answer wasn’t so much a word as a growl and maybe a gallon of green, sticky vomit.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2023
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Word History
Noun
Middle English, from Anglo-French vomite, from Latin vomitus, from vomere to vomit; akin to Old Norse vāma seasickness, Greek emein to vomit
Verb
15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1
Noun
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Vomit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vomit. Accessed 23 Sep. 2023.
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vomit
1 of 2 noun
vomit
2 of 2 verb
Medical Definition
vomit
2 of 2 intransitive verb
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