qualmish
Example Sentences
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I made a hearty meal, although Tom felt too qualmish to eat much, and then we both lay down with the assurance that our troubles would probably soon be over.
From On Board the Esmeralda Martin Leigh's Log - A Sea Story by Overend, William Heysham
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
The gallant fellow's stomach, too, was qualmish and disturbed.
From The House by the Church-Yard by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
"I hope there is no row between you;" for the idea of an open quarrel between Phil and Acton made Jack rather qualmish.
From Acton's Feud A Public School Story by Swainson, Frederick
"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
