Meanings of dry retching in English

She puked until the dry retching began signalling the beginning of the end.

The dry retching still brought spasms of pain to his much-abused stomach muscles.

She was dry retching, streaming tears and snot.

He was dry retching, unable to speak.

I knew I had nothing more to vomit up, and the dry retching had turned my guts to bands of cramped pain.

The interview was repeatedly interrupted by Miss Winter dry retching and at times vomiting as she cried and talked in the interview room.

The Crown criticised her demeanor during the first interview; the jury having watched a police video repeatedly interrupted by the defendant dry retching and crying.

"Aaarrrgghhhggghuhh," I said in response, punctuating the noise with more dry retching.