as in sick
affected with nausea the rolling of the ship made her squeamish

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Recent Examples of squeamish In addition to riling the MPAA, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’s lurid, controversial title would end up putting it directly into the crosshairs of the nation’s squeamish and easily offended critics. Chris Nashawaty, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Oct. 2024 Even if these arguments prevail, China will not be launching U.S.-style humanitarian interventions anytime soon, but its foreign-policy makers are likely to become less squeamish about intervening in the internal affairs of other countries. Mark Leonard, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2013 Strahovski recalled getting squeamish after seeing a particularly graphic prosthetic. Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Sep. 2024 Other politicians are a little more squeamish about seeing themselves as leaders. Matt Reynolds, WIRED, 23 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for squeamish 

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“Squeamish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squeamish. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.

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