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nauseate

[naw-zee-eyt, -zhee-, -see-, -shee-] / ˈnɔ ziˌeɪt, -ʒi-, -si-, -ʃi- /


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What can I say to make my family understand how much their stories nauseate me?

From Slate Jan. 12, 2021

“Real Time with Bill Maher” acts as a sounding board for its admittedly clever host, who can often amuse, enlighten and nauseate in the same string of sentences.

From Salon Sep. 21, 2019

The sight of Stanton in pinstripes will delight and nauseate many.

From New York Times Dec. 9, 2017

The prerelease build of Obduction I tried in the Oculus Rift didn’t nauseate me, although it suffered from the occasional frame rate drop — one of the issues Cyan is still ironing out.

From The Verge Sep. 10, 2016

Ifemelu was tired and her back throbbed and the salon had begun to nauseate her, with its stuffy air and rotting ceiling.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

He is, in other words, an almost nauseatingly successful prospect in a sport that more often nauseates once-successful prospects for years before they find their way.

From Washington Post Apr. 29, 2023

That, obviously, nauseates moderates, who’d prefer something that’s either half of that or lower.

From Slate Jul. 13, 2021

“But its reality has become so overwhelming that it kind of nauseates me,” she said.

From The New Yorker Oct. 24, 2018

McKay’s book, Du Bois wrote, “for the most part nauseates me, and after the dirtier parts of its filth I feel distinctly like taking a bath.”

From New York Times May 3, 2015

“And the priest keeps touching my mouth and it nauseates me,” Jaja said.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

By the end, both of us felt slightly nauseated, though not by the food.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 13, 2026

People who were nauseated by the drugs were more likely to report increased food waste.

From Science Daily Nov. 21, 2024

The effect can be vertiginous—so the way people avoid being nauseated is by trying to ignore the dissonance.

From Salon May 29, 2024

So why would the committee members publish a document so likely to leave millions of Americans nauseated?

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 27, 2024

Ivy smiled when she read that, but then she felt nauseated.

From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake

A cloud of smoke hung over the town of Ille-sur-Tet, where residents described the nauseating smell of burning.

From Barron's Jul. 5, 2026

It was infested with rats and cockroaches, and smelt "nauseating".

From BBC Mar. 4, 2026

Food and water soon became scarce, thirst and hunger a commonplace, with nauseating odors emanating from the toilets.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 3, 2026

Around 2024, their mass torts business began booming, starting with the landfill lawsuits, in which the firm accused the operators of recklessly allowing nauseating odors.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 31, 2025

A blind nauseating terror rose in her when she thought of that.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck




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