qualmish

Example Sentences

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Although the binoculars had forewarned them of this, the adventurers bunched together on the deck with a qualmish feeling and began talking in low tones, as men converse in the presence of mystery, or death.

From The Cruise of the Dry Dock by Stribling, T. S.

The smell of the flat, unpalatable stuff makes you feel more qualmish than ever; the remedy is worse than the evil.

From English Pharisees and French Crocodiles and Other Anglo-French Typical Characters by O'Rell, Max

He seemed to be making a tremendous effort to master the qualmish feeling that had attacked him, and in this case determination won.

From Yussuf the Guide The Mountain Bandits; Strange Adventure in Asia Minor by Schonberg, John

The regular heel of the brig gave place to a confused pitching and tossing, signs that I hailed with delight, in spite of a qualmish sensation which the motion seemed to encourage.

From The Quest of the 'Golden Hope' A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

The gallant fellow's stomach, too, was qualmish and disturbed.

From The House by the Church-Yard by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan