as in to hurl
to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth the children with the flu vomited every time they tried to eat something

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Recent Examples of vomit On Easter Day in 2019, a sweating and erratic Kay — who was allegedly vomiting and dancing with his shirt off — was taken home from the stadium and later hospitalized. Sean Emery, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025 Cartman starts laughing so hard that he projectile vomits all over Thiel. Jack Dunn, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025 During her struggle with bulimia, Keaton recalled eating 20,000 calories before forcing herself to vomit. Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 14 Oct. 2025 This agitprop is vomited out 24/7 by Democrat media apparatchiks who were also unerringly described by Orwell in his novel 1984. Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 11 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for vomit
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Verb
  • Over roughly three hours, agents came under gunfire, were rammed four times and faced mobs hurling debris.
    Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Also this week, a former paralegal was acquitted after hurling a sandwich at a federal agent in August; Sabzi, a deli in Cornwall, England, is alleging that author Yasmin Khan’s new cookbook with the same name is trademark infringement; and more.
    Li Goldstein, Bon Appetit Magazine, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Megan couldn't choke down a single sip of the chicken smoothie and almost puked in the sink after trying it.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Annabelle wants souls, demons possess you by puking into your mouth, and no powers of darkness are stronger than the love between spooky mom and dad, Ed and Lorraine Warren.
    Emily Palmer Heller, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Look, Penn State fans need something positive here to remember, so let’s turn to a White Out in 2013 when Robinson soared far above Channing Stribling, seemingly suspended in midair, to haul in a miracle heave from Christian Hackenberg that set up a tying touchdown en route to a four-overtime win.
    The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
  • The next drive Tagovailoa unleashes a half field heave into the end zone, throwing a 39-yard rainbow to Jaylen Waddle, who caught it in stride while beating rookie cornerback Maxwell Hairston.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 9 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • This came one week after the defense gagged away a 15-point lead in the fourth quarter in a 39-38 loss to the 0-7 Jets, a day that felt like rock bottom for a group now not just compared with the worst in franchise history but the worst in NFL history.
    Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
  • But Larry, a true cynic, was stuck in a different time, gagged and bound by a tireless insistence on creating art that subverted and satirized those same good old-fashioned family values.
    Michael Cuby, Them., 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Throughout this Tour there has been bad blood, barfing, blogging, and all manners of drama and controversy.
    Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 16 July 2025
  • Rudd can do it all: make a beard out of tape, help someone distract Kang, and barf.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • At dinner this week sans Tamra, the housewives start dinner at the restaurant oyster bar, where Gina starts to gag and retch after eating – does the terror of the sea also work with seafood?
    Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 22 Aug. 2025
  • The patient is actually a training dummy that instructors can manipulate into yelling, moaning, retching, suffering blood pressure spikes, heart attacks and other medical emergencies.
    Beth Warren, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025

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“Vomit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vomit. Accessed 19 Nov. 2025.

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