qualmish

Example Sentences

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Yet, notwithstanding folks might scout it, It suited qualmish Spinsters, who fell sick, And didn’t wish the world to know about it.

From Broad Grins Comprising, With New Additional Tales in Verse, Those Formerly Publish'd Under the Title "My Night-Gown and Slippers." by Colman, George

He seemed to be making a tremendous effort to master the qualmish feeling that had attacked him, and in this case determination won.

From Yussuf the Guide The Mountain Bandits; Strange Adventure in Asia Minor by Schonberg, John

He was qualmish, but his Saga of triumph upheld him.

From Letters of Travel (1892-1913) by Kipling, Rudyard

I made a hearty meal, although Tom felt too qualmish to eat much, and then we both lay down with the assurance that our troubles would probably soon be over.

From On Board the Esmeralda Martin Leigh's Log - A Sea Story by Overend, William Heysham

There's nothing like a walk in the fresh air when the stomach is qualmish.

From The Bright Face of Danger Being an Account of Some Adventures of Henri de Launay, Son of the Sieur de la Tournoire by Stephens, Robert Neilson