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as in sick
affected with nausea after eating the last four pieces of the two-week-old pizza, he was feeling a little nauseous

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Recent Examples of nauseous And feeling nauseous from a few minutes of passenger princess phone tasks straight-up sucks. Lauren Mazzo, SELF, 27 Sep. 2024 Ganondorf possesses Zelda’s body in 2006’s Twilight Princess, turning her fair skin a nauseous, seafoam green. Ashley Bardhan, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2024 Researchers indicate that within one hour of drinking it, people may feel nauseous, vomit, and have stomach pain. Sherri Gordon, Health, 8 Sep. 2024 Not long after her mom's nudge, India began feeling nauseous and missed her period. Emma Aerin Becker, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for nauseous
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Adjective
  • By many accounts, Planned Parenthood is an incurably sick beast whose time is nearing its end.
    Erik Baptist, National Review, 28 Mar. 2025
  • This has not been a good week for United, which was also accused of trying to shut off the ventilator of a sick one-year-old child.
    Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Using that platform to engage in partisan attacks and accuse former Department leadership of weaponizing law enforcement is a disgusting betrayal of those values.
    Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Continue reading … ‘PRO-CRIMINAL’ – Blue state sheriff unloads on 'disgusting' bill targeting the right to self-defense.
    Fox News, Fox News, 11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • To have hate at such a young age for another student is awful.
    Kellie Love, Hartford Courant, 21 Mar. 2025
  • But against lefties, while hitting from the righty batter's box, Cabrera has been downright awful, with a .562 OPS and anemic .209 batting average in 187 career plate appearances.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • So too does the actual action, which moves from cartoonishly fun to grim and queasy with nary a step in between.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 8 Mar. 2025
  • The mood conjured by Gray Alys and Boyce’s journey is a queasy one, in keeping with the hybrid nature of the setting.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Lillard’s blood clot diagnosis continues a horrible stretch of injuries that has limited the Bucks’ ability to chase postseason glory since the Bucks ended the franchise’s 50-year championship drought by winning the 2021 NBA title.
    Sam Amick, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Those plans are HMOs and many of us remember how horrible those were, denying service, or stalling approval.
    Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The disconnect between the reality that many people are currently experiencing hunger, in part because of climate change, and this fancy dinner was sickening.
    The Dial, The Dial, 18 Mar. 2025
  • The ceaselessly rolling, jolting boat was sickening to him, too.
    Joyce Carol Oates, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Plus, with fewer games, an ugly two weeks in the NBA usually signals a five-alarm fire and overreactions.
    Shane Young, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome had form on the bike that was frequently described as ugly.
    Liam Tharme, The Athletic, 23 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • This look is topped with a swirling pompadour, one of the production’s many hideous wigs.
    Christian Lewis, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Hard to believe that was 20 years ago, as of yesterday — or that we weren't injured by the metal springs practically protruding out of that hideous yellow sofa.
    EW Staff Published, EW.com, 28 Mar. 2025

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“Nauseous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nauseous. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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