How to Use queasy in a Sentence

queasy

adjective
  • The boat ride made me a little queasy.
  • He feels queasy about taking the test.
  • She had the queasy feeling that she was being watched.
  • She complained of a queasy stomach.
  • Just the thought of it makes folks feel queasy.
    Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
  • And know that this look is for those of you who don’t get queasy.
    Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Black habits hung on hooks that come to life with a burst of wind and a queasy glance.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 May 2024
  • This is funny, but some part of me felt queasy about laughing.
    Gary Thompson, Philly.com, 12 Oct. 2017
  • That’s like finding out your doctor gets queasy around blood.
    Tom Smyth, Vulture, 4 June 2025
  • That’s the approach that has made this queasy, gorgeous show so good.
    Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2017
  • Some were queasy about the direction that the party was set to take.
    Jacey Fortin, New York Times, 4 May 2023
  • And the emotional roller coaster was enough to leave him a tad queasy.
    Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Standing there, a queasy feeling brought a knot to my stomach.
    Steve Meyer, Alaska Dispatch News, 23 Aug. 2017
  • The queasy hurler finished the inning and the Phillies tagged him for a run.
    Matt Breen, Philly.com, 17 June 2018
  • Polls show a tight contest, and both parties are slightly queasy about that.
    Philip Elliott, Time, 18 Oct. 2022
  • There are many reasons your child's stomach might be feeling queasy or achy.
    Ayesha Gulzar, Verywell Health, 31 Oct. 2024
  • There also are two chariots to ride in, for those with queasy stomachs.
    Dawn Mitchell, Indianapolis Star, 5 May 2017
  • In this moment, and in this film, the plotting feels queasy and obvious.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Wall’s surgery has to send a queasy feeling throughout the franchise for this year and beyond.
    Jake Fischer, SI.com, 30 Jan. 2018
  • The sky is cloudless here, yet the sun shines dimly through a gray haze tinged with queasy shades of orange and pink.
    Will Oremus, Slate Magazine, 7 Dec. 2017
  • And he’s always equipped with plastic bags, in case someone becomes queasy.
    Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 14 Aug. 2023
  • This idea, though, has already started to make some lawmakers queasy.
    Al Weaver, The Hill, 23 Mar. 2025
  • But this year’s Tour has already upgraded the queasy to a main course—a full-on queasy feast.
    Jason Gay, WSJ, 5 July 2018
  • Those games were the equivalent of a blown tire on the interstate on a queasy stomach.
    Scott Dochterman, ajc, 16 Sep. 2017
  • Buy some ginger ale, soup, a sports drink, mint tea, whatever your go-to aids are for a queasy stomach.
    Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 24 July 2018
  • But these kinds of headsets can be cumbersome and in some cases could leave you feeling queasy.
    Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2021
  • The queasy-making scenes of their hotel-room meetings are blunt and effective.
    Troy Patterson, The New Yorker, 30 June 2019
  • Instead, its breathless, queasy energy sweeps us along.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Aug. 2025
  • There is a queasy rationale behind why Jack can’t bring his wife and child home to Gilead.
    Alissa Wilkinson, Vox, 12 July 2018
  • Feeling queasy, Frank tried to stumble back to the base, but collapsed somewhere along the way.
    Maddy Crowell, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025

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