nauseating

Example Sentences

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It was infested with rats and cockroaches, and smelt "nauseating".

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

Food and water soon became scarce, thirst and hunger a commonplace, with nauseating odors emanating from the toilets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 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

As night fell, I switched back to my original Twitter account, and sunk deep into that familiar, nauseating exasperation.

From Slate • Mar. 8, 2025

She found it so nauseating that she was still recovering from the trip to San Francisco.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston