qualmish

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Flattery is the destruction of all good fellowship; it is like a qualmish liqueur in the midst of a bottle of wine.

From Vivian Grey by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

The time is gone by when men, or women either, were too qualmish and too queasy to admit the truth even to themselves.

From Is He Popenjoy? by Trollope, Anthony

The regular heel of the brig gave place to a confused pitching and tossing, signs that I hailed with delight, in spite of a qualmish sensation which the motion seemed to encourage.

From The Quest of the 'Golden Hope' A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

But now, faced with the unpleasant part of his task, he was beginning to feel decidedly qualmish.

From Warrior of the Dawn by Browne, Howard

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