nauseate
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But instead of ogling violence to exploit its evil and nauseate the audience, Lynch calls attention to the systems that propagate it.
From Salon ● Jan. 25, 2025
Some people have reported that the headsets nauseate them.
From New York Times ● Nov. 5, 2021
Q. Fed up in Philadelphia: I love my in-laws very much, but they have hygiene habits that nauseate me.
From Slate ● Jun. 7, 2021
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
He was afraid that it might nauseate him and he would vomit and lose his strength.
From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway
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
He rests a hand on my shoulder, patting it affectionately, and his touch nauseates me.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
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
That seepage has fueled bacteria growth within the Sylmar landfill, giving rise to putrid odors that have nauseated students and staff at a local elementary school.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2023
The house smelled fruity and she remembered how the peach had nauseated her the last time she was there.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
For more than a year, an uncontrolled fire had burned in the bowels of the dump, broiling old garbage and sending nauseating fumes into nearby homes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
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
It was a nauseating smell, both fetid and sickly sweet, thick in the dusk as it filled Koffi's lungs.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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