nauseating
Example Sentences
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It was infested with rats and cockroaches, and smelt "nauseating".
From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026
It’s not enough to save the aesthetic of the entire film, though, which is somehow both gray and nauseating.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2026
“Remember what you want to avoid: the nauseating feeling of having wasted a block of time,” she writes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
The circus is all a bit nauseating, and that’s the point: If we’re fatigued by just watching this spectacle, imagine living it.
From Salon • Oct. 2, 2025
“There are few things as nauseating as pure obedience,” he said.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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