seasick

Example Sentences

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The day he arrived, on the bottom of a fishing boat, along with about 80 seasick travellers, he was hired by a mitten factory.

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2025

So it’s not a hole, it’s that the boat is rocking in the sea, and the passengers are getting seasick.

From Slate • Nov. 20, 2025

Darwin was so seasick at the start of his five-year voyage aboard the HMS Beagle that the captain expected him to jump ship back to England as soon as they touched land.

From New York Times • Jan. 3, 2024

This trip was her father’s dream and no one else’s; her mother spent a great deal of time in bed, seasick, thinking about the beautiful clothes she had left behind in England.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2023

Thou desperate pilot, now at once run on The dashing rocks thy seasick weary bark.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt