qualmish

Example Sentences

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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 Wheeler, Daniel Edwin

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

On getting up felt qualmish and took a little coffee, but was soon forced to part with it.

From A Journey to America in 1834 by Heywood, Robert

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

So, conscience being a brave supporter, I abode in silence, though not without many queer and qualmish thoughts, and a pit-patting of the heart, not unco pleasant in the tholing.

From The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself by Moir, David Macbeth