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nauseous

[naw-shuhs, -zee-uhs] / ˈnɔ ʃəs, -zi əs /


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Even when he was nauseous, sweating and fatigued, Marty showed up.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2025

Fifty-six years ago today I was a nauseous pregnant bride in a Las Vegas roadside wedding chapel with Francis and eight members of our families.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025

The most painful, the one that left fans feeling light-headed, jelly-legged and nauseous - look no further than this.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2025

Without it, her heart rate was all over the place, she recalls: “I was dizzy all the time. I was nauseous all the time. I was constantly on the verge of fainting.”

From Slate • Sep. 15, 2025

Shadow-travel left her groggy and nauseous, as if she’d been dragged from the cold waters of the frigidarium into the sauna at a Roman bathhouse.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan




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