seasick

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Recent Examples of seasick The goal was to see if the deaf participants could be made seasick to understand and determine the comparative effects in unaffected subjects, aka men who could hear. Amy Shira Teitel, Discover Magazine, 17 Mar. 2018 The action did not leap from the screen so much as stumble forward in a seasick kind of way. Jamie Lauren Keiles, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2022 My brother-in-law is afraid of getting seasick, and does not want to participate. Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2022 The Sunshine Skyway Pier was cheap, convenient, and a reasonable choice for people who get seasick or wouldn’t want to be stuck on a boat for hours. Daniel McGinn, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Nov. 2022 See All Example Sentences for seasick
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seasick
Adjective
  • 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
  • That is, until one day, when Blanca began feeling unusually emotional and nauseous.
    Allison Moses, USA Today, 17 June 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • That queasy feeling about the Miami Dolphins’ offensive line is re-surfacing.
    Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • One day, Kate was home with a family friend and started to feel woozy.
    Hannah Sacks, People.com, 18 July 2025
  • Both have the woozy, maddening force of a carousel stuck in overdrive.
    Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • California’s medical community, for example, clearly remains squeamish about MAID.
    Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 28 July 2025
Adjective
  • 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.
    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
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
Adjective
  • Leadership has never been easy, but the terrain leaders stand on today feels shakier than ever.
    Jennifer Jay Palumbo, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2025
  • This is an important offseason for Miami Heat forward Jaime Jaquez Jr after a shaky sophomore NBA campaign.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 16 Aug. 2025

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“Seasick.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seasick. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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