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How to use vomit in a sentence

40 example sentences · verb, noun

Vomit means to regurgitate or eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; puke. Example: “She snapped and started vomiting curses at us.”

Examples of vomit by meaning

verbTo regurgitate and discharge (something swallowed); to spew.

  • It is the illicit Christmas pudding an incorrigible servant cooks for the little boy one Christmas Day that sparks Oscar's first crisis of belief, for his father, opposed to Christmas pudding on theological grounds, makes the child vomit his helping.1988, Angela Carter, “Peter Carey: Oscar and Lucinda”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 713

verbTo eject from any hollow place; to belch forth; to emit.

  • She snapped and started vomiting curses at us.
  • "Hullo!" said the athlete, and vomited with this greeting a cloud of tobacco-smoke.1907 April, E[dward] M[organ] Forster, chapter III, in The Longest Journey, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, part I...
  • After about a minute, the creek bed vomited the debris into a gently sloped meadow.2012 December 26, John Branch, “Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times...

nounThe act of vomiting.

  • He removes his hat without misgiving, he unbuttons his coat and sits down, proffered all pure and open to the long joys of being himself, like a basin to a vomit.1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC

More sentences with vomit

  • The norovirus causes nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and stomach cramping.From the entry norovirus
  • Margo vomits at her waitressing job without realizing what it portends.2026 April 23, Sophie Gilbert, “Life Isn’t Easy in the OnlyFans Economy”, in Jeffrey Goldberg, editor, The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The…. From the entry portend
  • His mother, Dorothy, hung around longer, long enough for her to choke on her own vomit.2019 July 16, Colson Whitehead, chapter 10, in The Nickel Boys, Vintage, page 125. From the entry rotgut
  • Like migraine headache, hemicrania continua is associated with nausea and vomiting, as well as sonophobia and phonophobia.2019 September 19, Steven D. Waldman, Atlas of Uncommon Pain Syndromes E-Book, Amsterdam: Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 11…. From the entry sonophobia
  • Gravity does the rest as Jane's vomit spills back into her trachea.2016 October, Bryan Cranston, quoting John Shiban, Breaking Bad #212 "Title TBD" Writer's Draft, September 17, 2008, quoted in Life in…. From the entry gack
  • I feel sick, like I might vomit, and I'm more tired than I can ever remember feeling.2013, Cheryl Rainfield, Stained, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 38. From the entry sick
  • The headache was holocranial in nature and not associated with vomiting, aura or any other neurological complaints.2013, Oman Medical Journal, volume 28. From the entry holocranial
  • The blackouts, the hangovers, the vomiting, the hotboxes, the detox, the shame, and the degradation.2012, Maxine Thompson, L..A. Blues II. From the entry hotbox
  • These include depression, vomiting, inflammation of the kidneys, and even death.2012, Richard Webster, The Encyclopedia of Superstitions, page 11. From the entry Spanish fly
  • Ignorant about vomiting before the incident, I was now terrified of it.2011 July 15, Dakshana Bascaramurty, “I had never vomited. Ever.”, in The Globe and Mail. From the entry emetophobia
  • Dogs or cats that attempt to eat tarantulas may gag or vomit.2010, Peter M[acGarr] Rabinowitz, Lisa A. Conti, “Toxic Exposures”, in Human–Animal Medicine: Clinical Approaches to Zoonoses, Toxicants…. From the entry tarantula
  • I swallow it down like unspewed vomit, the nauseous unease sitting heavy in my gut.2010, David Moody, Dog Blood. From the entry unspewed
  • The fasciculol poisons in the sulfur tuft damage the stomach and intestines, causing vomiting and diarrhea.2009, Steve Parker, Molds, Mushrooms & Other Fungi, page 33. From the entry sulfur tuft
  • He responded in a grandsonly way by vomiting on Ivor’s shirtfront.2006, Donald L. Gelpi, Closer Walk: Confessions of a U.S. Jesuit Yat, Hamilton Books, →ISBN, page 87. From the entry grandsonly
  • When JT was conscious he was throwing up artificial cherry flavored vomit.2006 October 8, Jackson Publick & Doc Hammer, “Showdown at Cremation Creek, Part 1” (16:48 from the start), in The Venture Bros., season…. From the entry crotch crickets
  • Others wake up with a full-blown migraine, sometimes vomiting, sometimes just nauseated.2004, Stewart J. Tepper, Understanding Migraine and Other Headaches, Univ. Press of Mississippi, →ISBN, page 9. From the entry photophonophobia
  • I too have literally vomited from the smell, for some reason, especially in the morning.1998 March 11, Jason Gill, “Bananas are disgusting (re: breastfeeding)”, in alt.support.childfree (Usenet), archived from the original on…. From the entry clenchy
  • Ilicin is contained in holly berries (Ilex sp) and causes severe gastroirritation including nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea.1996, Peter D Bryson, Comprehensive Reviews in Toxicology: For Emergency Clinicians. From the entry ilicin
  • Events in vomiting are usually divided into preejection, ejection, and postejection phases (Fig. 11-1 3).1995, Robert M. Bradley, Essentials of oral physiology, page 231. From the entry preejection
  • Bulimia is an eating disorder that consists of gorging on food, followed by self-induced vomiting.1991, Janet L. Davies, Ellen H. Janosik, “Adaptational Variations and Disruptions”, in Mental Health and Psychiatric Nursing: A Caring…. From the entry gorge
  • The poison of the fish soon had him vomiting in the poe.1984, Frank L. Mills, Simon B. Jones-Hendrickson, Bertram Eugene, Christmas Sports in St. Kitts-Nevis: Our Neglected Cultural Tradition. From the entry poe
  • Then the anguish increased to unendurable massivity and nightmare dimensions, making her scream and vomit.1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 19. From the entry massivity
  • I was completely delirious for four hours and vomiting at 10 minute intervals.1953 April 12, William S. Burroughs, “To Allen Ginsberg”, in Oliver Harris, editor, The Letters of William S. Burroughs, 1945–1959, New…. From the entry yage
  • Throw in some pot and your risk of dehydration increases, especially if you vomit during a green out.2022 October 7, Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, “Mixing Weed And Alcohol? Crossfading Does This To Your Body”, in Discover Magazine. From the entry green out
  • I think I vomited every day, pretty much.2020 April 25, Phil Lutton, “'I'm so lucky': Olympic star tells of cervical cancer scare”, in The Sydney Morning Herald. From the entry adeno
  • In his stomach and vomit the ME found traces of Tetramethylenedisulfotetramine, commonly known as TETS, or, in simplest terms, rat poison.2016, Song Ying, Apricot's Revenge: A Crime Novel, →ISBN, page 158. From the entry tets
  • She headed for the sanitaries rather than the exterior hatch, and Zhang could clearly hear her vomiting inside the tiny compartment.2016, D. Nolan Clark, Forsaken Skies, →ISBN. From the entry sanitaries
  • In map form, it looks a bit like a Wotsit, or an old man with a walking-stick, vomiting.2016, Amy Liptrot, “Rose Cottage”, in The Outrun, Edinburgh: Canongate Books, published 2024, →ISBN. From the entry wotsit
  • As I'm walking through the festival entrance, a man casually vomits before continuing on, unfazed. ¶ Twenty-year-old me thinks, "Dope.2015 June 10, Farley Katz, “Music Festivals in Your Thirties”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry faded
  • "Well, it's awesome," I say, thinking "awesome" is a generous word for a scarf that resembles unicorn vomit.2014, Tawni Waters, Beauty and the Broken, unnumbered page. From the entry unicorn vomit
  • I self-diagnosed myself with emetophobia – fear of vomiting.2011 July 15, Dakshana Bascaramurty, “I had never vomited. Ever.”, in The Globe and Mail. From the entry emetophobia
  • The smell of my vomit was overpowering.2011, May-lee Chai, Dragon Chica, page 217. From the entry sop up
  • Vomiting is unavoidable, violent, and sometimes unpredictable.2011 September 26, Michelle Clement, “My experience with emetophobia, and some questions for the blogosphere”, in Scientific American. From the entry emetophobe
  • Vomiting, diarrhea, colic, and occult bleeding are symptoms of allergy.2010, Jan Riordan, Karen Wambach, Breastfeeding and Human Lactation, Jones & Bartlett Learning, →ISBN, page 139. From the entry macrodose
  • Baby fragrance: the faint parmesany whiff of vomit.2009, Lance Olsen, Head in Flames, Chiasmus Press, →ISBN, page 128. From the entry parmesany

Meaning of vomit

  1. verb To regurgitate or eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; puke.
  2. verb To regurgitate and discharge (something swallowed); to spew.
  3. verb To eject from any hollow place; to belch forth; to emit.

Full definition of vomit

Questions about vomit in a sentence

How do you use vomit in a sentence?
Vomit is used as a verb and noun. For example: “She snapped and started vomiting curses at us.”
What is a short sentence with vomit?
“The smell of my vomit was overpowering.”
What does vomit mean?
Vomit means to regurgitate or eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; puke.

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