How to Use the squeamish in a Sentence
the squeamish
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The details aren't for the squeamish.
—Ralphie Aversa, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
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Even for the squeamish, the scene is bound to draw some secondhand feelings of vindication.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2026
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Dying Light The Beast Zombies This is not for the squeamish.
—Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
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Unfortunately for the squeamish 12-year-old me, the lifelike fluidity intensifies the story’s body-horror elements.
—The Atlantic Culture Desk, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2025
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And as social media is woven ever deeper into every corner of our lives — school, work, civic engagement, religious participation — dehumanizing images like these become harder for even the squeamish to avoid.
—Zeynep Tufekci, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
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