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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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Danson experimented with hallucinogens and got extremely seasick.—
Liza Esquibias,
People.com,
20 May 2025
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She’s returned with a little something for everyone: demonic house music, introspective soft rock, catchy post-punk, seasick sophisti-pop.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
22 May 2024
Adjective
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In a season-one episode, Taylor raised a concrete grate at Homestead 2 and suddenly felt dizzy and nauseous.—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
30 June 2025
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That is, until one day, when Blanca began feeling unusually emotional and nauseous.—
Allison Moses,
USA Today,
17 June 2025
Adjective
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The heavy cuisine left us both a little queasy, and I was mildly nauseated again the following day to learn that someone had snapped photos of boxes of frozen products and milk that were apparently sitting behind the restaurant in the July heat.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
27 July 2025
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Stomach-churning violence and queasy conversations are scattered regularly enough to keep viewers on the edge of their seats.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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One day, Kate was home with a family friend and started to feel woozy.—
Hannah Sacks,
People.com,
18 July 2025
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Both have the woozy, maddening force of a carousel stuck in overdrive.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
16 July 2025
Adjective
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As 82-year-old Scorsese and his pal Steven Spielberg recall in a first-look clip from the the upcoming five-part Apple TV+ documentary Mr. Scorsese, Columbia Pictures, squeamish about some of the bloody content of the movie, almost stopped Scorsese's vision from riding into theaters.—
Jeremy Helligar,
People.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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California’s medical community, for example, clearly remains squeamish about MAID.—
Teri Sforza,
Oc Register,
28 July 2025
Adjective
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If those two regularly start games together alongside Solanke or Richarlison, opposition defences will be left feeling dizzy.—
Jay Harris,
New York Times,
31 July 2025
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Over at the theme park's Universal Studios, a 72-year-old woman reported feeling weak and dizzy after spending time on the Jimmy Fallon Race Through New York attraction in May.—
Nicholas Rice,
People.com,
26 July 2025
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“Carsick.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carsick. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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