How to Use vomit in a Sentence
- The dog vomited on the floor.
- The patient was vomiting blood.
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Hank isn't gonna know whether to laugh or vomit about this news.
— Lauren Huff, EW.com, 31 Jan. 2023 -
Police said the child vomited on the tray and the table.
— Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 27 Apr. 2023 -
At one point, the suit reads, the man ran to the restroom on board and was heard vomiting.
— Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 31 July 2023 -
Kicking in the head of the kick drum and crawling through it, vomiting.
— Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 23 Jan. 2024 -
The man told police Smith-Fields became ill and went to the bathroom to vomit.
— Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2022 -
So there was no filter, and the words were just vomiting out.
— Melissa Giannini, ELLE, 20 July 2023 -
Smith could also vomit instead the mask and choke to death, his lawyers said.
— USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2024 -
At the age of 15, though, Slaughter woke up one day and couldn’t stop vomiting.
— Ryan Michaels, al, 18 June 2023 -
The monk had given some to a few pigs, who vomited at first but then grew healthy and fat.
— Neima Jahromi, The New Yorker, 27 Dec. 2019 -
The fish thaws and revives in the dog’s stomach, where its wriggling causes the dog to vomit.
— Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Jan. 2023 -
People don’t like to be spit on, let alone vomited on in such a way.
— Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2023 -
Yeong-han would get off a ride with his teammates, go vomit, then reset for the next ride.
— Sean Collins, Dallas News, 24 May 2021 -
Another, afraid to call in sick, paused calls to vomit.
— Ken Armstrong, ProPublica, 23 July 2021 -
But that wasn’t the first of the indignities to Tirov, who was also the first person to vomit in space.
— Steven Levy, Wired, 21 July 2021 -
Quin Snyder thought maybe Donovan Mitchell had to go back to the locker room to vomit.
— Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Dec. 2021 -
Sabally was briefly pulled from the game after having run off the court to vomit in the trash can.
— Arianna Vedia, Dallas News, 23 Sep. 2021 -
Though no one asked for the close up, Ed got frisky with a flower, and Asuelu vomited on the sand beneath him.
— Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2023 -
The little girl was sick often and vomited at least once a month.
— Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 10 July 2023 -
Police said Prude appeared to spit and vomit while the device was over his head.
— Anthony Leonardi, Washington Examiner, 3 Sep. 2020 -
Some species can even vomit toxins as a means of self-defense.
— Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 16 Feb. 2023 -
Even non-toxic plants can cause cats to vomit so keeping them out of easy reach is best.
— oregonlive, 25 Oct. 2020 -
One day in fall 2018, Bo Gribbon began to vomit and couldn’t stop.
— NBC News, 11 July 2021 -
Where did the idea of having Lisa Nova vomit kittens come from?
— Shannon Carlin, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2021 -
The boat begins to move way too much, causing cruisers to vomit, some to poop, and others to fall down stairs.
— Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2022 -
Some of them come vomiting out, some are like tying knots.
— Lawrence Jackson, Harper's Magazine, 10 July 2023 -
The track repairman had vomited and was out of it, according to the court records.
— Topher Sanders, ProPublica, 16 Dec. 2023 -
Green stood in a doorway while the man, who gagged and later vomited in a trash can, did so, the document says.
— Phil Helsel, NBC News, 14 Mar. 2024 -
Most people experience vomiting, stomachaches and diarrhea, some of which can be bloody, for about four to seven days.
— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2024
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The acid stench of new vomit in a basin on her bed burned in his nose.
— Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 16 Nov. 2022 -
And yes, a cat in Belgium had traces of the virus’s genome in its stool and vomit.
— National Geographic, 9 Apr. 2020 -
His speech was slurred, his eyes were bloodshot and there was vomit on the floor and on the driver’s-side door.
— J.p. Pelzman, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2021 -
Even in the midst of the crying, and the poop, and the vomit and the engorged breasts, and the hair loss, and my ever-changing body.
— Andrea Lavinthal, PEOPLE.com, 19 Apr. 2022 -
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 -
First came a pain in her chest, then green vomit that rose up again and again in her throat.
— Longreads, 8 Apr. 2021 -
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 -
There is vomit on John's jeans from last night's binge, and a urine stain that hasn't quite dried yet.
— Meg Kissinger, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2021 -
Also, Gates goes for a ride in zero-G on the vomit comet.
— Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2020 -
The child was forced to use the spoon to eat the vomit and then clean up the rest with paper towels, police said.
— Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 27 Apr. 2023 -
There was vomit on his clothes and in his car, which was parked nearby.
— Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 9 Dec. 2021 -
It’s in the basement of the fraternity, down a flight of stairs that reeks of vomit and cheap beer.
— Brienne Walsh, Forbes, 28 Apr. 2021 -
Sarah's the first to spew vomit, with Danny not far behind.
— Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 15 Sep. 2022 -
At the bedside, there was no scent of alcohol on her breath, just the acrid smell of vomit.
— New York Times, 3 Dec. 2020 -
The color of a dog's vomit can give some clues as to the underlying cause.
— Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 17 Oct. 2022 -
And vomit is just one of the body fluids ride-hail drivers have to worry about.
— Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 14 Aug. 2023 -
The car was shut off but the keys in the ignition, and police noticed vomit on the ground outside.
— Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 12 Nov. 2022 -
Choking on your own vomit isn’t a way that anyone wants to die.
— Brianna Carter, SPIN, 9 Feb. 2022 -
Then streets lined with vomit and food scraps and trash for days and good luck trying to keep the dog from trying to eat it all.
— Elisa Albert, Longreads, 28 Apr. 2020 -
Someone's knees were gonna be weak with vomit on their sweater due to Mom's Spaghetti.
— Andrew Hammond, Detroit Free Press, 18 Oct. 2021 -
Her pale face glistened, and her graying hair was dark with sweat and vomit.
— Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 16 Nov. 2022 -
Yesterday, my wife put a large pile of dog vomit on my desk.
— Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 8 Jan. 2022 -
One staffer sent me the vomit emoji while recounting this portion of the talk.
— Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 14 May 2021 -
See a highly edited, vomit-free video of my flight above.
— Mike Miller, EW.com, 23 Aug. 2022 -
His spectacles had fallen off and now lay in a pool of vomit.
— Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 June 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 -
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, chicagotribune.com, 25 July 2021 -
The next morning at around 9 a.m., Zabel entered the victim’s room to ask her to move her car and was overpowered by the stench of vomit.
— Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 29 Nov. 2022 -
Gardner was put in a cell with a guy covered in vomit after a drinking experience, Gardner told the Pioneer Press.
— Charley Walters, Twin Cities, 13 Jan. 2024 -
McClain was choking on his vomit while restrained, prosecutor Jonathan Bunge stated in the trial.
— Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 5 Jan. 2024
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