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queasy

[kwee-zee] / ˈkwi zi /


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Plus, this year’s Rush Week revealed a queasy new strategy to thin the recruiting ranks.

From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026

Now with distance, it impresses as a skilled piece of political moviemaking, one that captures the era’s sense of moral compromise and queasy vengeance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Djokovic suffered a similarly queasy wipeout a few weeks ago at a tournament in Cincinnati, but this was his first loss in 20 opening rounds at the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

Some said they did have side effects, with one feeling tired and a bit queasy "almost like nerves" when he first started but adding he felt that was worth it for the results he saw.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

Stella wasn’t sure what else to say, but thinking about her father’s words being burned, destroyed, made her stomach queasy.

From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper

He underlaid moments of suspense with rumbling jazz percussion and made the execution scene queasier with a slinking piccolo motif over a drooping swing rhythm.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 30, 2020

The longer I was there, the queasier I felt.

From New York Times ● Sep. 29, 2017

Ethically, too, he felt queasier about the project.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 2, 2017

But in spite of Elle's queasier exploitation aspects — an expected Verhoeven staple — and its why-would-anyone-do-that questions, it's a mesmerizing movie.

From The Verge ● Sep. 12, 2016

Without the solid earth beneath my feet, my stomach grew even queasier.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood

That’s why Schwarzenegger was grateful for the season’s queasiest plot turn.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2025

In January 2015, I spent the longest, queasiest week of my life on a cruise ship filled with conspiracy theorists.

From The Guardian ● May 2, 2019

As the #MeToo movement approaches its anniversary, this feels like one of the queasiest revelations it has produced.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2018

Persuading even the queasiest of readers to spend hours learning about an extravagant variety of invertebrates, the effect of Richard Conniffs Svineless Wonders is to render the repulsive beautiful.

From SAT Tests

Even coroners--not normally the queasiest of folk--can find themselves affected.

From Time Magazine Archive


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