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Recent Examples of carsick
To reach the house, visitors drive up the dark, narrow mountain road hemmed in on both sides by foliage, before arriving, slightly carsick, slightly confused, at the low-slung residence with a modest roofline.
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Kristina Linnea Garcia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2024
While carpooling to school, he gets stuck in the middle seat and feels carsick.
—Peter C. Baker, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2023
The Jets are the Mets sapped of charm—bright orange and blue turned carsick green.
—Devin Gordon, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2021
Dear Heloise: My son can tend to get carsick at times.
—Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2020
As someone who gets occasionally carsick — and ate a giant breakfast before Thursday’s screening — let’s just say that throwing up into my popcorn bag was a bit of a concern.
—John Meyer, The Know, 6 Aug. 2019
Kristina Linnea Garcia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2024
While carpooling to school, he gets stuck in the middle seat and feels carsick.
—Peter C. Baker, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2023
The Jets are the Mets sapped of charm—bright orange and blue turned carsick green.
—Devin Gordon, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2021
Dear Heloise: My son can tend to get carsick at times.
—Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2020
As someone who gets occasionally carsick — and ate a giant breakfast before Thursday’s screening — let’s just say that throwing up into my popcorn bag was a bit of a concern.
—John Meyer, The Know, 6 Aug. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for carsick
Adjective
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On the yacht, Cherry mostly feels seasick while Brigitte and Daniel play together in the water.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
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Danson experimented with hallucinogens and got extremely seasick.—
Liza Esquibias,
People.com,
20 May 2025
Adjective
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Tsvyk immediately felt nauseous and vomited on the floor after eating the dessert.—
Raven Brunner,
PEOPLE,
16 Jan. 2026
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Mel initially thought her sister might have been pranking her before becoming nauseous at the thought that her own brother was behind the murders of four college students.—
Adam Sabes,
FOXNews.com,
4 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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If perfected, the same principle could help passengers who get carsick, seasick, or airsick.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Nominally in the spirit of ’90s from-hell thrillers, The Patient is a riveting character drama that offers some queasy white-knuckle suspense on the way to a thrilling climax.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Jan. 2026
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Lots of mud, mixed with blood and guts, because what’s Westeros if not a queasy swill of muck and bodily fluids?—
Lorraine Ali,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Jan. 2026
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Few rappers kicked off the 2010s with more buzz than A$AP Rocky, who along with his A$AP Mob collective swept through New York and eventually the whole country with his easy swagger, woozy beats and electric rhymes.—
Carl Lamarre,
Billboard,
29 Jan. 2026
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Whether his work on Anderson’s woozy epic of resistance is his personal best is debatable — the competition is fierce.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
22 Jan. 2026
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When Diana got squeamish about doing the interview and appeared to reconsider, Bashir added another lie.—
Theresa Braine,
Mercury News,
26 Nov. 2025
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Set in the Italian opera world of the 1700s, Rice’s novel tells the not-for-the-squeamish story of two male soprano singers who were castrated as boys in order to maintain their high voices.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
12 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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But a week before the tour was set to open, Sergei felt dizzy at practice and suddenly lay down on the ice.—
Natasha O'Neill,
Vanity Fair,
3 Feb. 2026
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Signs of dehydration include dry mouth and throat, infrequent urination and feeling dizzy when standing up.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
14 Jan. 2026
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“Carsick.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carsick. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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