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Recent Examples of squeamish
Which explains why so many Republicans are squeamish about this current package.
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Philip Elliott, Time, 2 June 2025
In the hallway, an unseen WLF guard barks at his squeamish companion (Vince Song) to ignore their captor's screams while Isaac works.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 5 May 2025
The resulting scene of torture is, for my money, way worse than most anything we're exposed to in the games—and these are games that are not exactly squeamish about showing scenes of torture and extreme violence!
—ArsTechnica, 5 May 2025
His Crimes of the Future, a distinctly anatomical vision of the world to (hopefully not) come, was just a little too gross for some of the more squeamish attendees of the Cannes Film Festival.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025
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Philip Elliott, Time, 2 June 2025
In the hallway, an unseen WLF guard barks at his squeamish companion (Vince Song) to ignore their captor's screams while Isaac works.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 5 May 2025
The resulting scene of torture is, for my money, way worse than most anything we're exposed to in the games—and these are games that are not exactly squeamish about showing scenes of torture and extreme violence!
—ArsTechnica, 5 May 2025
His Crimes of the Future, a distinctly anatomical vision of the world to (hopefully not) come, was just a little too gross for some of the more squeamish attendees of the Cannes Film Festival.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for squeamish
Adjective
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King Charles and Kate Middleton were both diagnosed with cancer, with the King reportedly still very sick.—
Lissete Lanuza Sáenz,
StyleCaster,
20 June 2025
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If Rob and Ryan are struck by lightning, get bored, fall out, get sick or lose a court case, will Wrexham look so transcendent?—
Matt Slater,
New York Times,
22 June 2025
Adjective
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That’s like finding out your doctor gets queasy around blood.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
4 June 2025
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One year after sweating out whether or not their two-time national champion coach would accept an offer to coach LeBron James and the L.A. Lakers, Huskies fans may be feeling just a little queasy after the New York Knicks fired head coach Tom Thibodeau on Tuesday.—
Kels Dayton,
Hartford Courant,
4 June 2025
Adjective
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That is, until one day, when Blanca began feeling unusually emotional and nauseous.—
Allison Moses,
USA Today,
17 June 2025
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The 23-year-old college student died on April 23 in Assisi, Italy, minutes after becoming nauseous while dining with friends, The Boston Globe reported in a new interview with her father published on Wednesday, May 7.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
9 May 2025
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“Squeamish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squeamish. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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