qualmish

Example Sentences

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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)

He would never consent to such strong measures, as might seem convenient to less qualmish persons.

From The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Wingfield, Lewis

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

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

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

The qualmish knave, no longer brave, Could only groan, “Not I.”

From Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17) Fun and Thought for Little Folk by Wheeler, Daniel Edwin