be seasick
Example Sentences
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As the boats filled and pulled away, some evacuees helped pull the oars, some sat stunned and silent, some leaned miserably over the side to be seasick.
From Time Magazine Archive
That divides the misery, and on Sunday they will both be seasick crossing the Channel to drink Parisian champagne and reiterate, "Combien?"
From Time Magazine Archive
Camilla was so startled, she forgot to be seasick.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
It would require an ingeniously bad sailor to be seasick while a Dutch cargo boat crept up the Thames in a fog, but Julia never spared the trimmings when she did do any lying.
From The Good Comrade by Anna Whelan Betts
And there was no room on the morning boat; and when we did get on board the Naval Transport at Dunkirk, Kendal took it into his head to be seasick till he nearly died.
From The Belfry by May Sinclair
