mal de mer
Example Sentences
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Aboard the Berengaria Queen Marie at first kept to her suite of staterooms, alleging mal de mer, though the crossing was anything but rough.
From Time Magazine Archive
Long's chores keep him below decks much of the time, poring over charts� an occupation that undoubtedly contributes to his mal de mer.
From Time Magazine Archive
Talbot exclaims at one point, but the energy he might have devoted to metaphysical speculations on this insight pour instead into keeping himself upright on the heaving decks and avoiding mal de mer.
From Time Magazine Archive
Other solutions, like cutting from the right side of a frame to the left within what was originally one shot, were so dislocating that they induced brief spells of mal de mer.
From Time Magazine Archive
The gold miners, untouched by mal de mer, sang jolly songs and played cards to amuse themselves.
From Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound by Denny, Emily Inez
