Retched

Twice this week, once in The Guardian, and once on Overheard Everywhere, I’ve come across the misspelling of the word retched or retch (as in dry heave) as wretched or wretch (as in pathetic or wicked). ❋ Unknown (2009)

More than a year after a private company operating in public waters retched 170 million gallons of crude and 2 million gallons of toxic dispersants into the Gulf of Mexico creating an environmental catastrophe, we still lack reliable statistics on the BP oil disaster's impact on the health of residents. ❋ Kerry Kennedy (2011)

He retched into his towel and then told the umpire he had to leave the court to throw up. ❋ Intertribal (2010)

In alarm, she ran to his side, dropping down beside him and wrapping her arms around his heaving shoulders as he retched repeatedly. ❋ Cheryl Faye (2011)

It was so horrible that a guard in the video, holding Danny down, retched and was thrown out of the room. ❋ Unknown (2012)

As a failed musician with absolutely no discernible talent, I did what such retched figures tend to do -- I became a rock critic. ❋ David Wild (2011)

“I—” he stuttered and fell to the floor, brought his knees up and retched in pain. ❋ Dj Barber (2011)

Bile choked my throat and I retched, swallowing back the urge to vomit. ❋ Allison Pang (2011)

You see something retched, I see a future ex wife I'll have to give another house to. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"A bit bumpy – I expect we'll fly under the cloud all the way," he said, as all around us boys retched into their sick bags and, a thousand feet beneath, steep waves collapsed and foamed up the beaches of France. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Someone else has done all the work getting those pesky little seeds started, getting them past the retched “damping off” disease, somehow avoiding the stretch and flop stage my seedlings always go through. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I retched into the sink as the smell grew, less rotting body odor than the unenviable scent of backed-up sewer. ❋ J.F. Lewis (2011)

I only hope Cheney's heart holds out long enough for the evil and retched man he is to be tried, sentenced and still serve a little time in prison before going straight to hell. ❋ Unknown (2009)