squeamish

Example Sentences

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“I appreciate that you are no squeamish child. But if you do not give me a bit more space to breathe, I will have you go sit among the rhododendrons.”

From Literature

Things were different in Great Britain and her colonies, where dissections left people squeamish.

From The Wall Street Journal

In other words, her instincts and approach in the Home Office might make some within the party squeamish.

From BBC

Farron told a hall full of activists to "stop being so flaming squeamish and English" and reclaim the UK's flags from groups who seek to "divide and destroy".

From BBC

But the idea of actually making a profit makes many feel squeamish.

From BBC