as in doubt
an uneasy feeling about the rightness of what one is doing or going to do
she has no qualms about downloading pirated music files from the Internet
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Recent Examples of qualm
The staffers who fill Lynn’s network appear to have no such qualms.
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Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 26 May 2026
The high prices and crowds of summer is such a common qualm that Skyskanner, a travel app, has built an annual report around it.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 19 May 2026
In 2023-24, there could have been no qualms about which player better suited this Arsenal team.
—Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 12 May 2026
Still, despite the qualms of the public and politicians, there’s a torrent of capital for building new data centers.
—Kevin Williams, CNBC, 9 May 2026
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Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 26 May 2026
The high prices and crowds of summer is such a common qualm that Skyskanner, a travel app, has built an annual report around it.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 19 May 2026
In 2023-24, there could have been no qualms about which player better suited this Arsenal team.
—Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 12 May 2026
Still, despite the qualms of the public and politicians, there’s a torrent of capital for building new data centers.
—Kevin Williams, CNBC, 9 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for qualm
Recent Examples of Synonyms for qualm
Noun
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Certainly, there’s no doubt that your environment makes a difference to your wellbeing.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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The injury casts doubt on her availability for Wimbledon.—
Adam Zagoria,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
Noun
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Panahi’s lawyer, Mostafa Nili, announced on Sunday that the Tehran Revolutionary Court has rejected his objections to the rule and has upheld the verdict in full.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
7 June 2026
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The zoo’s petition cites several objections to data centers that have been hotly debated nationwide, including their impact on electricity and water resources.—
David Ingram,
NBC news,
6 June 2026
Noun
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For Koji, change can’t come soon enough — the years of fighting for justice for his father have burdened him with guilt and regret.—
Yumi Asada,
CNN Money,
13 June 2026
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This majestic sequence delivers a lifetime’s outpouring of love’s inadequacies and frustrations, of grief and regret, of gratitude along with candid acceptance of loss, and of self-questioning that never shakes the foundations of the family—her ferocious commitment to the children.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
12 June 2026
Noun
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The Islamic Republic slaughtered tens of thousands of Iranians earlier this year without compunction and remains in power despite military intervention by America and Israel.—
Joobin Bekhrad,
Time,
10 June 2026
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Johnson clearly felt no such compunctions.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
4 June 2026
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“Qualm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/qualm. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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