qualmish
Example Sentences
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So when Peter Basset, still pale and qualmish, came on deck in the early morning, a little below the Pool, the first person he saw was the girl whom he had come to escort.
From The Great House by Stanley John Weyman
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 Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
He would never consent to such strong measures, as might seem convenient to less qualmish persons.
From The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Lewis Wingfield
The qualmish knave, no longer brave, Could only groan, “Not I.”
From Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17) Fun and Thought for Little Folk by Daniel Edwin Wheeler
He was qualmish, but his Saga of triumph upheld him.
From Letters of Travel (1892-1913) by Rudyard Kipling
