How To Use Retch In A Sentence

They kept to the brush and trees, and invariably the man halted and peered out before crossing a dry glade or naked stretch of upland pasturage. War
A fisherman's son opened this beachside restaurant, which stretches down into the sand. Times, Sunday Times
She huffed, stood up, arched her back in a heavyweight stretch, turned to the fountain and started in on a long, long drink.
Migration into the cities is putting a strain on already stretched resources.
Get up and stretch when on long journeys such as on a coach or plane.

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The court sought to stretch modest finite resources so far as possible to meet the parties' needs. Times, Sunday Times
He finished stretching when he was a beanpole, roughly three meters, or eight or nine feet.
The sea was its usual calm blue, a glassy liquid surface stretching till it fused with the horizon in a spectacle of colour.
The left side of the fairway is preferred, short of three bunkers that stretch across at 328 yards. USATODAY.com - Open history at St. George's plus a hole-by-hole glance
Except for the frequent conferences now in the new Forty-second Street offices that commanded a view of two rivers and a vast battledoor and shuttlecock of the city, it was the first time in all those years that stretched from the night at the Waldorf that they had sat thus tête-à-tête. Star-Dust
When you pull a needleful through a hole, the wool is correctly positioned on a stretched canvas.
When the tide goes out, vast stretches of sand are laid bare.
These aetherial lines of force stretch out into space on every side of the sun, and in fact form concentric magnetic shells around the sun; which magnetic shells coincide with the equipotential surfaces of the Aether and Gravitation
And I am dreading having to look the people who have witnessed my wretched performance in the eye over dinner. Times, Sunday Times
Any dog not in harness was howling and yelping to be put in one, and even when harnessed they continued with their wretched wailing until they were off and running.
The Dominican Republic's mountainous interior and long stretches of unimproved roads make for perfect fat-tire odysseys.
Crosshatch denims, stretch fabrics, chambray denims, and leather thongs are some of the other pieces in the collection.
The figures of his angels are elongated, with wings stretched upward as if they were sculpted by the Gothic masters.
Hold that stretch, pulling and elongating the spine from the very base out of the hips, chin to chest.
The hotel's gardens stretch down to the lake shore.
The NDTV network broadcast footage from the scene, about 170km southeast of New Delhi, showing debris strewn across the tracks and police officers carrying bodies covered with sheets on stretchers.
After his long stretch as an untouchable hero and saint (courtesy of hagiographer R Bolt) it was about time that creep More was taken off his pedestal. On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
With a quick catch and lift, he passed Michael up and into unseen hands outstretched from the iron wall of the ship, and paddled ahead to an open cargo port. CHAPTER 2
It was a noble situation — noble as the ancient hau tree, the size of a house, where she sat as if in a house, so spaciously and comfortably house-like was its shade furnished; noble as the lawn that stretched away landward its plush of green at an appraisement of two hundred dollars a front foot to a bungalow equally dignified, noble, and costly. ON THE MAKALOA MAT
After climbing to 15,000 feet over four days, she had to be taken off the mountain on a stretcher in a night-long rescue. Knuckleballs of Kilimanjaro: Dickey Plots Ascent
Stay away from open-weave linens and other stretchy fabrics.
Come ten o'clock in the evening we've generally begun to stretch and yawn, and by ten thirty the house is quiet except for gentle snoring.
The view of the unbroken forest canopy stretching away to the horizon defies description; it is a vision of a world untroubled by time, a revelation of the hugeness and wholeness of nature.
Also, I have this weird need to be the bendiest and stretchiest in class, and to have the teachers notice and comment on said bendy-stretchiness, preferably where other people can hear. Ampersand
Flash fried cuddle fish was tough and not great with a bland stretchy taste.
This wonderful diverse stretch of woodland clings tenaciously to the almost precipitous sides of the gorge.
Nearby there is a stretch of white sand beach perfect for sunbathing.
Traditionally the life of a soldier involves long stretches of boredom punctuated by brief and seemingly unending moments of stark terror.
I think this stretch of insomnia is beginning its third week. "...once we're out amongst the shadows."
Here he connects to that discussion the situation of the wretched offspring who are undutiful toward their parents.
The picture of these poor mites could not be more wretched. Times, Sunday Times
I must have cut a wretched figure, filthy and sunburnt, to the brother who heard my explanations about who I was and why I was here.
They will drink their wretched heartless stuff, such as they call claret, or wine of Medoc, or Bordeaux, or what not, with no more meaning than sour rennet, stirred with the pulp from the cider press, and strained through the cap of our Betty. Lorna Doone
His reapplication for membership of the Party has stretched on for seven years.
The sea stretched away to the distant horizon.
I have been waiting for days, but my fingers don't stretch the right way, or I can't find the tab for the chord and when I do the notes have stopped ringing and it doesn't seem the same.
Crawfish King and Hot Space attempted to challenge their unbeaten rival on the backstretch but were no match for Lost in the Fog, who was ridden out after gaining a commanding five-length lead entering the stretch.
I stretch Google Earth to its functional limits all the time in my hydrogeology research. Earth View Puts Google Earth Inside Google Maps On The Web | Lifehacker Australia
On to the stretcher with him, strapping on, doubled back along the landing, started down the stairway. RIOT
Sophie's more casual outfit consists of a black Powerline stretch sleeveless top, Kismet's own label sarong, and an orange, multi-strand bugle bead bracelet.
I but stretched them up in the sun," she sniffled, "and we be poor people and have nothing. THE MASTER OF MYSTERY
Her brother's doing a ten-year stretch for armed robbery.
Stretched out below was a chain of freighters tied up alongside the commercial docks, cranes and gantries cluttering the foreshore. CORMORANT
The long-awaited opening will mark the triumphant end of a battle stretching back up to four years.
They have only to glance over their shoulder and they see a mighty lineage stretching back. Times, Sunday Times
She stretched the way that a cat does, edging her pale arms through the slimy, greasy mess we left behind.
A sheet of charcoal clouds stretches into white lace: confusion letting in light.
The proposed enclosure would stretch from wet sand to dry areas above the tidal zone, but allowed people to walk at the water's edge along the beach.
He stood up, stretching limbs that had become stiff from the cramped surroundings.
Thereupon Shawahi came forward and kissing the ground before the Queen, took the hem of her garment and laid it on her head, saying, O Queen, by my claim for fosterage, be not hasty with him, more by token of thy knowledge that this poor wretch is a stranger, who hath adventured himself and suffered what none ever suffered before him, and Allah (to whom belong Might and The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
In "Sunset Park," Auster is more interested in the neighborhood's vast semi-industrial stretches peppered with nondescript houses, all the better to endow the proceedings with an enforced sense of dreariness. Paul Auster Paints a Dreary Picture In 'Sunset Park'
Don't speak to me that way, you wretched fiend.
It gets worse: Spoon and Stretch suddenly find themselves wanted as possible suspects in a gruesome murder case.
Suitable shelters can be made from fine plastic mesh or netting stretched between stout wooden posts. Times, Sunday Times
The term Silicon Valley was coined in the 1970s and refers to the 50-mile stretch between San Francisco and San Jose, where companies such as National Semiconductor BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
What began in 1968 as a Beltway junkie's labor of love has turned into an authoritative collection of whistle-stopping campaign slogans and vicious slings and arrows of partisan attacks that stretches all the way back to the Founding Fathers (who came up with terms like "electioneer" and the party "ticket"). How to Sound Presidential
Robin, the only thing dumber than a hummer is a stretch hummer. NYC Kaleidoscope « knitnut.net
the poor tarred-and-feathered wretch
The harpoon is the weapon usually employed, though sometimes they are caught in strong nets stretched across the mouths of rivers or the narrow arms of lakes. The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon
This dead-end dirt road follows a peaceful stretch of the Housatonic River and connects to the Appalachian Trail.
Such synecdoches are central to reformist representation, which relies on one ‘wretched woman’ to stand in for all.
He watched the poor wretch the commanding officer was lecturing, and looked on him with little pity.
Mr. Romney drew first when his campaign had Sheriff Paul Babeu of Pinal County, a semirural stretch of Arizona, record automated calls to Iowa voters last month calling Mr. Perry "part of the illegal-immigration problem. High Noon on Immigration; Toss-Up on the Prairie
For the total "look", add a pair of flowered stretch capris, a belly bag and a slightly tight tee shirt. kathleengam How to "pass" for a Mexican
Sometimes, this problem will correct itself as the skin and muscle gradually stretch to become more supple and elastic. The A-Z of Beauty Treatment
When dawn broke, he rose stiffly, and stretched his aching limbs.
He grinned; just another good-hearted carouser stretching a night of harmless merriment into the new day. Survived another workshop!
After an initial search, the stretch of beach where the bodies were found was left unguarded and open to rain, tides and curious visitors. Times, Sunday Times
However I'm not cured of the wretched cold and cough that have been my companions for over a week now.
His quest for glory has caused him to stretch his energies to the absolute limit.
The opening scene is an interview - about the wretchedness of conditions in the theatre, poking fun at the cumbersome bureaucracy which soils it.
I bow over the toilet to retch but reverse away fast as last night's urine smells like cat shit this morning.
Angeline had been the fulfillment of her dreams, and Gretchen her first disappointment.
And "The neoconservative hubris, which sort of assigns to America some kind of geo-strategic responsibility for maximizing democracy, overstretches the resources of a free country. Firedoglake » Can Republicans Put Country Before Party?
Perhaps ongoing sandstorms in the desert will provide time to reinforce overstretched supply lines (although they are also doing tremendous damage to the equipment of the coalition forces).
Never force your legs to overstretch, or you can cause injuries.
Society on a small discovery which he had made by the aid of a "wretched microscope" to the effect that the so-called ova of Flustra were really larvæ and had the power of independent action by means of cilia. Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1
A fitful breeze stirred the pale foliage over her head, now and then showering her with pink petals from the lingering blossoms; from beneath her rose the damp sweet fragrance of soft earth and green grass, nearby a meadow-lark sang plaintively; somewhere a robin called arrogantly to his mate in the nest; from the valley, stretching below the sloping orchard, a violet mist lifted. Red-Robin
I can picture Kim, her snug stretch jeans tucked into high-heeled cowboy boots, a long plaid work shirt open at the neck, reassuring Aunt Harriet, whom she knew worried about her, that she was going to start school again in the fall and that she was doing fine. History of a Suicide
Carling strained a thigh muscle in Dunedin and Bayfield ended that match on a stretcher with a neck seizure.
He was then taken into the defendants' cage on a stretcher, wearing sunglasses and covered by a green blanket. The Sun
You are quite likely to see seals and perhaps otters on this stretch. Times, Sunday Times
The south-east Asian nation moved this week to secure regional approval for the first major hydropower plant on its stretch of the river in the face of protests from international conservation groups.
A proper warm-up and stretching of all major muscle groups is necessary, with emphasis towards the entire hip girdle and shoulder girdle , including the pecs.
City's attackers were also at full stretch when calm heads were called for. Times, Sunday Times
He was stretchered off with knee - ligament damage and looks destined to be sidelined for months.
Press the seam allowances open and topstitch with a long straight stitch on both sides of the seam, being careful not to stretch the fabric while stitching.
That be a wretched piece of luck. A Time of War
But what should you buy when your limited experience and funds won't stretch to a shiny superbike? The Sun
It was also claimed that the rise reflected an increase in the number of digital cameras used to monitor variable speed limits on stretches of'smart' motorways. Times, Sunday Times
Each stretch should be held for at least 10 seconds with 10 repetitions on each arm for arm swings.
`I've spent most of the last years being a wretch to everyone, including myself. DREAMS OF INNOCENCE
The Tories ruled for more than two - thirds of the time. Periods of progressive government were intervals in long stretches of Conservative rule.
By carrying out the project we hope to attract fish, such as chub, dace, grayling and trout as well as other wildlife back to this particular stretch of river.
But with only a nonworking model available in late June, getting thousands of units on store shelves by the fall seems a stretch.
Beach boys and babes stretch and preen and wait to catch the next, best wave.
A bladder which is frequently emptied does not expand to its full capacity and needs gentle stretching to bring this about.
Now is the time to get out of your comfort zone at work and stretch yourself.
The lightweight seats, made of fabric stretched between tubular steel frames, were removable in case you wanted to transport something large…
This points to the importance of this stretch of amino acids for the function of both proteins.
Its tentacles stretch far into the upper echelons of government. Times, Sunday Times
Once again it has been left to a recession to catch out those who overstretched themselves in the boom years.
The centerpiece of Cumbler's story is the meandering Connecticut River, stretching from the border with Canada to the Atlantic Ocean.
At the same time three muskets were discharged; and while one ball rattled against the corslet of proof, to the strength of which our valiant Captain had been more than once indebted for his life, another penetrated the armour which covered the front of his left thigh, and stretched him on the ground. A Legend of Montrose
The focus police activity then switched to a stretch of riverbank outside the town. Times, Sunday Times
The jeans fit him fine, but the turtleneck was a little on the tight side as the fabric stretched across his upper torso.
To get the image of this stretch into your head, imagine a road slightly narrower than Turl Street.
To forget sb is pretty easy. Just don't see him/her, don't be a contemptible wretch.
This smoke or flame, perhaps, would be the better word for it was so bright that the deep blue sky overhead and the hazy stretches of brown common towards Chertsey, set with black pine trees, seemed to darken abruptly as these puffs arose, and to remain the darker after their dispersal. The War of The Worlds
If we may trust the old marbles, my friend with his arm stretched over my head, above there, (in plaster of Paris,) or the discobolus, whom one may see at the principal sculpture gallery of this metropolis, -- those Greek young men were of supreme beauty. Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works
There was the Embarcadero with its numbered piers stretching out into the ocean, just like on my Lonely Planet map, and in the middle, the crosshatched pattern of streets snapped to a perfect grid. Nique sa mère
Your arm is outstretched at shoulder height and parallel to the floor. Times, Sunday Times
But no matter how skilfully it's done, it shows somewhere: the stretched grimace, the unblinking eyes or in the body below, if it hasn't been done to match.
The monotonous stretches of this concert package make it difficult to feel anything about him at all.
Ewing is the guy that really hurt us down the stretch, USATODAY.com
Her brother's doing a ten-year stretch for armed robbery.
Usually obvious by the outstretched arm holding the cameraphone. Times, Sunday Times
By no stretch of the imagination could the trip be described as relaxing.
This session consists of a variety of gentle stretches or movements to help open your lungs, followed by breathing exercises and awareness practices.
And, surely enough, I was hauled up into the carriage and put just as I was into the footbag lying on the front of the carriage, which was entirely open, with not even a leather apron stretched across it. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12
Declining from his sitting position…[he] stretched himself…among the daisies.
It puts the grip too much in the fingers of the left hand stretching the muscles at the front of the forearm, thus rendering them rather useless. Winning Golf for Women
It'll be good for me, stretching and reaching in the fresh air, too.
When I stood on my native hills, and saw plain and mountain stretch out to the utmost limits of my vision, speckled by the dwellings of my countrymen, and subdued to fertility by their labours, the earth's very centre was fixed for me in that spot, and the rest of her orb was as a fable, to have forgotten which would have cost neither my imagination nor understanding an effort. Introduction, I.1
Shortly before the break Ferres was binned for alleged interference on the Rhinos' kick chasers and Smith kicked a simple goal to stretch the visitors' lead.
I practically drove right onto the beachfront, an unspoiled, unpeopled coastline that seemed to stretch to infinity. Smithsonian Mag
You had far better all die -- _die immediately_, than live slaves, and entail your wretchedness upon your posterity. Walker's Appeal, with a Brief Sketch of His Life And Also Garnet's Address to the Slaves of the United States of America
At first they saw only the little hand - the fist, decomposed but stretching out of the shallow grave.
And a big beach stretching way off into the heat haze. The Sun
R. stretched out on the couch while G. and I unloaded the van but she could hardly wait to get into one of the rocking chairs on the front porch where we ate lunch and began the process of decompressing from our long journey.
These observations, we shall discover, had to be stretched over many years.
When something like a black cloud passed among them, she knew that it was either a whale swimming over her head, or a ship with many people: they certainly did not think that a pretty little sea-maid was standing down below stretching up her white hands towards the keel of their ship. The Little Sea-Maid
He lays a hand gently on my shoulder, stretching his arm further round my back when I do not push him away.
His quest for glory has caused him to stretch his energies to the absolute limit.
I was feeling fine, didn't have any pain, any stiffness, so when that happens, you've really got to stretch it out as much as you can and try to get in rhythm as much as you can, and that's what I'm trying to do, Bryant said. Charlie Crist's first pitch strong on comedy if not accuracy
The ball is so outstretched that Edney can not bend his elbow to use his upper-arm muscles.
A huge cloud of dense smoke stretched across the horizon.
We do the stretch sateen, which is a heavier woven fabric, and we usually accessorize with tights," she said. Home - BostonHerald.com
Stretch the clear elastic several times to remove any future give.
But when it is warm, the rubber is pliable and retains high elasticity, even when being stretched hard.
On an open stretch you can easily maintain a good cruising speed and the acceleration is acceptable too. Times, Sunday Times
Repeat sequences are short stretches of DNA that have been hopping around the genome by copying and inserting themselves into new regions.
Only I know how wounded my pride was when he stretched on the bed like a lazy cat and fell asleep.
Whether it'll be able to make a leap from a borderline NCAA team to a national contender -- as State fans thought might happen this season -- requires yet another stretch of the imagination. Southeastern Conference
Gretchen our Doberman was the best friend and pet a person could want and Bernie was sort of her chew toy, the dog to keep her entertained while we were away. Undefined
The ear was tickled, the mind stretched. Times, Sunday Times
Its tentacles stretch far into the upper echelons of government. Times, Sunday Times
He bustled Ouija Board into fifth soon after the start and held his position until the field quickened down the back stretch.
For the past couple of hours our terrier, Brough, has been stretched out in the footwell silently farting. Historic walking trails: smugglers' routes in Cornwall
No one will truly believe he is injured today unless he is stretchered away with a limb hanging off.
In retrospect, it is blindingly clear that a sudden great stress on a body stretched taut across the back has the potential to give problems. Times, Sunday Times
We have been driving around what seemed like endless stretches of highways and interstates.
The car was dumped in a stretch of wasteland in the south of the city.
Huge monochrome landscapes that portray the stretching expanses of the sea that sweeps up the north Norfolk coast. Times, Sunday Times
Fields stretched far beyond sight, hills in the distance, and the sun giving everything a peaceful orange glow.
Mom wore large bifocals with Sophia Loren frames and a pastel polyester pantsuit that stretched over her abdomen.
In using this ingenious wire stretcher, he stapled his wire to post number one, carried the length past post number two, looped the chain around post number three, having the chain long enough so that he might tauten the wire and hold the crankhandle steady with his knee or left arm while he drove the holding staple in post number two. Hiram the Young Farmer
My present job doesn't stretch me, so I'm looking for something more demanding.
It was quite a battle persuading them to look at my wretched video at all. Times, Sunday Times
Their wings stretched to a massive span of six feet.
Apart from that, Motherwell controlled much of the play but apart from Steven Hammell's first-half free-kick they rarely stretched Alan Main.
Hardwood trees stretched out of sight towards the distant sky; five-fingered orchids crawled up their trunks, and huge ferns spilled over their roots across the mossy path.
It stretches the powers of even the most experienced muckrakers and soapbox haranguers to find the least routine and boring bits of nonsense to present to us as the news.
From the window of the doomed wretch's apartments a derrick protrudes -- a crossarm with a pulley and a rope attached. Europe Revised
Parts of the Via Appia Antica are closed to traffic on Sundays, and the stretch running south from the Tomb of Cecilia Metella, lined with crumbling graves and tall umbrella pines, and parallel to an aqueduct, is one of the finer archaeological walks in the world. The Road from Ravenna
For this trip I planned to put our luggage in a small trailer and leave the backseat open so Ray could stretch out during the long driving days.
She gave a shriek as he came at her and stepped away from his outstretched hand. THE WOLF AND THE DOVE
Secluded inside the historic Hotel Monaco and accessible through a tunnel-like entrance from Eighth Street NW, you feel like you're anywhere but Washington, especially once you stretch out on one of the low, cushioned sofas with a well-made cocktail. Nightlife Agenda: Eighteenth Street Lounge anniversary, Animal Collective, Hot Chip
Do you realize what this means for me, you ungrateful wretch?
As long as the Germans held Caen, they denied access to the plain stretching southwards for just over 30 km.
The society bills its guide as a ‘must-read for all armchair supporters’ and claims that even the most over-enthusiastic spectator should not need to be stretchered off mid-match.
The ski instructor showed us some special stretches.
A big, majestic study for this sculpture, in pastel, charcoal and acrylic on brown paper, finds two shadowy birds alighting, and a ghostly doubled head, its mouth stretched painfully wide.
You can enjoy the extraordinary sight unbroken cloud plains that stretch out before you.
He then stretches out his arms and attempts to grab the sole of each foot.
There are also at least two paramedics by the pitch and stretcher bearers are on standby. The Sun
The pipe was just high enough so that I could swing with my arms outstretched and not drag my bottom.
Kaylen wormed out of Drek's arms and yawned, stretching her hands into the air.
But she suddenly strained, stretching in two directions — toward the man with the bag full of cash, and toward the aching call tugging at her mind. Hunter,Healer[SequeltoTheSociety]
His smallest robot is bigger than a man; the largest is two-stories high when it stretches its neck.
The prison service is badly overstretched.
The album merges sounds and influences from East and West, and stretches the boundaries of musical experimentation by fusing traditional folk songs and classical styles with the popular.
A potentially amusing sketch is stretched into a full-length play that's painfully short on jokes. Times, Sunday Times
Stretch your arms upwards and imagine you're trying to grasp something just above your head.
When I travel I drive for long stretches with the radio turned off.
The Foes were Dissenters, Protestants who did not belong to the Anglican Church, and Daniel's ironic attack on the church landed him a three-day stretch in the pillory.
All the miracle of sails; the steady foresail; the sensitive jibs; the press canvas delicate as bubbles; the reliable main; the bluff topsails; topgallants like eager horses; the impertinent skysails; the jaunty moonraker, were just canvas stretched on poles. The Wind Bloweth
They have climbed mountains and canoed for eight-day stretches in isolated wilderness.
The fibers were combined with stretch yams, microfibers and cotton, as well as contrasting fibers, such as paper and silk.
They claim to be the biggest company in the world, which is stretching a point, but it's true if you include their subsidiaries.
I suppose that wretched grommet of hers has upped sails and left port,' said Jake with a grunt. THE RIVAL QUEENS: A COUNTESS ASHBY DE LA ZOUCHE MYSTERY
Ahead of us, and to our left and right, was nothing but a vast, uninterrupted expanse of mown grass stretching into the distance. Country diary: Wigborough, Somerset
Ferguson stretched his full length and yet managed to control his header superbly past Jussi Jaaskelainen.
To keep the series realistic and marketable is the key … so introducing a minor character that mainstream audiences do not know would be a long stretch. Contest: Where Could The Dark Knight Go Next? « FirstShowing.net
Speeding along the route of the ancient Silk Road, we passed between irrigated fields of melons, cabbages and sunflowers, part of the great oasis stretching eastwards from Tashkent.

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