qualmish
Example Sentences
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“Not very,” said I, for I was qualmish still, although the fresh air had considerably revived me even in the short time since I had come out of the close cabin.
From The White Squall A Story of the Sargasso Sea by J. Schonberg
In the back of the house was a projecting stone figure, with its mouth open, an uncomfortable expression of face, arms akimbo, and hands pressing the sides, as if in a qualmish state.
From Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. II. by John L. Stephens
Naturally our handsome youth felt rather qualmish under the circumstances, and he would have given his carriage and horses to have had eyes at the back of his head.
From The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 by Armando Palacio Vald?s
The gallant fellow's stomach, too, was qualmish and disturbed.
From The House by the Church-Yard by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
All this is very queer now, thought Captain Delano, with a qualmish sort of emotion; but, as one feeling incipient sea-sickness, he strove, by ignoring the symptoms, to get rid of the malady.
From The Piazza Tales by Herman Melville
