squeamish
Example Sentences
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There’s a price war going on and Novo Nordisk recently launched a pill version, which will attract people squeamish about weekly injections.
For people who feel squeamish about the process, she said it was important to know the facts around donation, adding it often helped the grieving process for families.
From BBC
“I appreciate that you are no squeamish child. But if you do not give me a bit more space to breathe, I will have you go sit among the rhododendrons.”
From Literature
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Things were different in Great Britain and her colonies, where dissections left people squeamish.
In other words, her instincts and approach in the Home Office might make some within the party squeamish.
From BBC
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