How to Use vomit in a Sentence

vomit

1 of 2 verb
  • The dog vomited on the floor.
  • The patient was vomiting blood.
  • Hank isn't gonna know whether to laugh or vomit about this news.
    — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 31 Jan. 2023
  • My cat vomits once every week or two.
    — Jane Sykes, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2026
  • So there was no filter, and the words were just vomiting out.
    — Melissa Giannini, ELLE, 20 July 2023
  • Some species can even vomit toxins as a means of self-defense.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 16 Feb. 2023
  • People don’t like to be spit on, let alone vomited on in such a way.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Smith could also vomit instead the mask and choke to death, his lawyers said.
    — USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Some pets may vomit, lose their appetite, or hide more than usual.
    — Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Even non-toxic plants can cause cats to vomit so keeping them out of easy reach is best.
    — oregonlive, 25 Oct. 2020
  • Wait, then why did Doorman vomit?
    — Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 3 June 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The little girl was sick often and vomited at least once a month.
    — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 10 July 2023
  • Brenner said there were trash cans set out in case players needed to vomit.
    — oregonlive, 26 Apr. 2022
  • Kicking in the head of the kick drum and crawling through it, vomiting.
    — Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 23 Jan. 2024
  • One of the children was vomiting.
    — Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Motta hunched over and vomited into a trash can.
    — Patrick Radden Keefe, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
  • While being booked into jail, the woman vomited and fell of a bench.
    — cleveland, 27 Dec. 2019
  • Police said Prude appeared to spit and vomit while the device was over his head.
    — Anthony Leonardi, Washington Examiner, 3 Sep. 2020
  • Before the illness ran its course, her husband spiked a fever and started to vomit.
    — Jenna Carlesso, courant.com, 31 Aug. 2020
  • 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
  • Next come sharp head pain, dizziness, and sometimes vomiting.
    — Literary Hub, 24 Feb. 2026
  • 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
  • Zavala eventually gets up and goes to the bathroom to vomit.
    — Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 17 Jan. 2026
  • The dogs have scented from a wall someone touched, the dirt a person stumbled in and vomit on a car door.
    — ABC News, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Eating grass speeds up the digestion process and aids in vomiting.
    — Jennifer Nelson, Southern Living, 12 Aug. 2023
  • The boy vomited every day while on dialysis and has yet to eat solid food by mouth.
    — Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 24 Aug. 2023
  • 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

vomit

2 of 2 noun
  • What does the fake vomit taste like?
    — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 16 May 2026
  • 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
  • Your first draft will be word vomit anyway.
    — Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026
  • There was vomit on his clothes and in his car, which was parked nearby.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 9 Dec. 2021
  • First came a pain in her chest, then green vomit that rose up again and again in her throat.
    — Longreads, 8 Apr. 2021
  • Paxton floated over to me with vomit all in his hair.
    — Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Choking on your own vomit isn’t a way that anyone wants to die.
    — Brianna Carter, SPIN, 9 Feb. 2022
  • Blood and vomit sloshed on the floor, and some of the men fainted from the pain and the stress.
    — Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Her pale face glistened, and her graying hair was dark with sweat and vomit.
    — Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Clothes that were covered in nasal mucous, vomit, breast milk, urine.
    — Hari Kunzru, The New York Review of Books, 15 June 2021
  • 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
  • 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
  • His spectacles had fallen off and now lay in a pool of vomit.
    — Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 June 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
  • Capri bursts in to serve her sole function in this show, which is word-vomit facts about werewolves.
    — Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
  • These cleaners break down proteins and uric acid in pet urine, feces, and vomit.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 26 June 2026
  • At the bedside, there was no scent of alcohol on her breath, just the acrid smell of vomit.
    — New York Times, 3 Dec. 2020
  • Just look away during all the vomit and defecation gags.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 4 Dec. 2025
  • Here’s hoping that there’s a little less vomit involved this time.
    — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2021
  • The floor spattered with reddish vomit.
    — Zuzana Říhová, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The color of a dog's vomit can give some clues as to the underlying cause.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 17 Oct. 2022
  • 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
  • There was the nurse who patiently cleaned her up after she was covered in vomit and blood.
    — John Blake, CNN, 11 Mar. 2022
  • One staffer sent me the vomit emoji while recounting this portion of the talk.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 14 May 2021
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 front door was rusty and the old plumbing in the odorous bathroom had to handle a lot of vomit.
    — Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 26 Oct. 2025
  • But all that changed the day my dad visited me after work and found me in my crib covered in vomit.
    — Rebekah Sager, Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2020

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