dry-heave
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.89 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "I followed as he hobbled toward the bathroom, and my father barely made it to the toilet before he started dry-heaving, knees spread on the tile."
- "The venue manager was the happiest I’ve ever seen him. I smiled, trying to mirror his enthusiasm then excused myself to dry heave in the toilets."
- "She spent three days in the college infirmary trying to contain her overwhelming feelings of nausea and despair. Every morning for months, she would awake with the dry heaves."
- "Frequent prayer, interludes of bird-watching and a timely outbreak of dry heaves helped Henry Paulson save the American financial system from collapse, in spite of a stark lack of co-operation from Britain, according to a newly published memoir from President Bush's treasury secretary."