qualm
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My one qualm is that it tries to pack in quite a bit of story amid its jolts and surprises, and if you try to follow it you may be lost.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2025
"There was never a quibble, never a qualm, there was never a moan", he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2022
The only qualm we have with the Charge 5 is the always-on display.
From The Verge ● Mar. 18, 2022
My usual qualm with the Beyoncé visual experience applies to this one: The people who’ve edited it don’t allow us to savor a single shot for longer than a few seconds.
From New York Times ● Jul. 31, 2020
There was a sick qualm at the pit of Johnny’s stomach.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
He says he had no qualms about publishing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
In hindsight, Yeager said she had some initial qualms about the rental process, but the person with whom she was dealing reassured her at every point.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
Harry says being around other people making content helped him overcome his qualms about doing it himself.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
But “Disclosure Day” makes no qualms about its sanguinity.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026
I had no qualms at all; in fact I could feel now the gathering, glowing sense of sureness in the face of it.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
Vocabulary lists containing qualm
To Kill a Mockingbird
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The Catcher in the Rye
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 12–15
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