squeamish

Example Sentences

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"I was uncomfortable… I was a bit squeamish about that," he said.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

Hollywood, however, is hardly squeamish when it comes to synchronized jugglers.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

There’s a price war going on and Novo Nordisk recently launched a pill version, which will attract people squeamish about weekly injections.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

But even this nice moment carries a squeamish undercurrent.

From Salon • Aug. 10, 2025

She was not squeamish, though, and deftly caught spewings that were sometimes babies, sometimes monsters.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston