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queasy

[kwee-zee] / ˈkwi zi /


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Rice’s readers might not have been quite so queasy about this; her antihero has a way of making many horrors palatable.

From Salon Jun. 13, 2026

Don’t take his deal if it leaves you feeling queasy or questionable, especially if you don’t like your children being potentially dependent on the largesse of your husband.

From MarketWatch Apr. 7, 2026

Some investors seem queasy about the spending, but analysts seem fine with it.

From Barron's Mar. 30, 2026

The energy of the series flags considerably and it’s difficult not to feel a little queasy as we watch her unravel.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 13, 2026

My stomach feels too queasy to eat a full burger right now.

From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day

He underlaid moments of suspense with rumbling jazz percussion and made the execution scene queasier with a slinking piccolo motif over a drooping swing rhythm.

From Washington Post Jun. 30, 2020

The longer I was there, the queasier I felt.

From New York Times Sep. 29, 2017

Ethically, too, he felt queasier about the project.

From The Guardian Feb. 2, 2017

But in spite of Elle's queasier exploitation aspects — an expected Verhoeven staple — and its why-would-anyone-do-that questions, it's a mesmerizing movie.

From The Verge Sep. 12, 2016

Without the solid earth beneath my feet, my stomach grew even queasier.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood

That’s why Schwarzenegger was grateful for the season’s queasiest plot turn.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 9, 2025

In January 2015, I spent the longest, queasiest week of my life on a cruise ship filled with conspiracy theorists.

From The Guardian May 2, 2019

As the #MeToo movement approaches its anniversary, this feels like one of the queasiest revelations it has produced.

From Slate Aug. 20, 2018

Persuading even the queasiest of readers to spend hours learning about an extravagant variety of invertebrates, the effect of Richard Conniffs Svineless Wonders is to render the repulsive beautiful.

From SAT Tests

As even the queasiest guest quickly realized, something was different.

From Time Magazine Archive




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