queasy

It was early, and I was travel-day queasy enough that whatever Smashburger considered a breakfast sandwich seemed unwise.

From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026

No wonder big market swings might make some investors feel queasy.

From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026

This is when “Heel” is at its most alluringly queasy, a dark commentary on all families as institutions inherently built on confinement and emotional blackmail.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2026

Markets make their best guess as to the winners and losers, but the scale and speed of the combined boom and bust makes me queasy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026

Even though he was wearing headphones, I had to leave because it was making me queasy.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina

It’s a creepy setup that Muschietti milks for laughs that become queasier and ickier the longer and the more gleefully flamboyant the scene plays out.

From New York Times ● Jun. 14, 2023

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

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

And every movie-within-the-movie had this in common, too: It was conceived and undertaken in a mood of bluff, comradely good humor—even if, during the re-creation process itself, queasier emotions often began to arise.

From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2015

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

Could the queasiest of comebacks be ruled out?

From The Guardian ● Aug. 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

As even the queasiest guest quickly realized, something was different.

From Time Magazine Archive