qualmish
Example Sentences
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“Not very,” said I, for I was qualmish still, although the fresh air had considerably revived me even in the short time since I had come out of the close cabin.
From The White Squall A Story of the Sargasso Sea by Schonberg, J.
"If Britannia rules the waves," said a qualmish writing-master, going to Margate last week in a storm, "I wish she'd rule 'em straighter."
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 331, September 13, 1828 by Various
Now, captain, it’s no use being qualmish upon the subject, but upon my word I should like to see how you poachers manage to take your game.
From The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl by Cobbold, Richard
I am not qualmish," answered Venier languidly, "yet it sickens me to think of the life Jacopo means to lead.
From Marietta A Maid of Venice by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)
So, conscience being a brave supporter, I abode in silence, though not without many queer and qualmish p. 148thoughts, and a pit-patting of the heart, not unco pleasant in the tholing.
From The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith by Hardie, Charles Martin
