stomach-turning

Example Sentences

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Let he who is without stomach-turning sycophancy cast the first stone.

From Slate • Jan. 21, 2025

During one stomach-turning scene, Joe questions if he was too young to have been a father.

From Salon • Dec. 9, 2023

A stomach-turning stink which is enough to leave people pinching their noses.

From BBC • Sep. 26, 2023

With stomach-turning drops increasingly around every environmental bend, his mature mission may become to observe and conserve.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2023

The wheels touch the ground, the aircraft is sprayed with disinfectant, and then they descend onto the tarmac of Dum Dum Airport, breathing in the sour, stomach-turning, early morning air.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri