nauseate
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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
“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 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
“Blood, skin, bone,” Connie thinks, as she breathes in the scent of rotting animal, a smell that used to nauseate her.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 1, 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
“And the priest keeps touching my mouth and it nauseates me,” Jaja said.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
She’s prescribed semaglutide for weight loss by her primary care physician, but six months later, she is nauseated most mornings, bloated after small meals, and losing an amount of weight she didn’t intend to lose.
From Slate ● Mar. 22, 2026
By the end, both of us felt slightly nauseated, though not by the food.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
At times, the cousin recalled, he felt dizzy and nauseated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025
People who were nauseated by the drugs were more likely to report increased food waste.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 21, 2024
The smell of spices nauseated him, as did the sight of soup, of food.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The nauseating stench of rotting food filled the surrounding neighborhood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 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
“Remember what you want to avoid: the nauseating feeling of having wasted a block of time,” she writes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
Dill rolled his eyes up in their sockets in a nauseating way, stiffened, and fell to the ground.
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
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