seasick

Example Sentences

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So it’s not a hole, it’s that the boat is rocking in the sea, and the passengers are getting seasick.

From Slate • Nov. 20, 2025

"I went to the Isle of Man on a catamaran and I was seasick twice."

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2025

Darwin was so seasick at the start of his five-year voyage aboard the HMS Beagle that the captain expected him to jump ship back to England as soon as they touched land.

From New York Times • Jan. 3, 2024

This trip was her father’s dream and no one else’s; her mother spent a great deal of time in bed, seasick, thinking about the beautiful clothes she had left behind in England.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2023

She was extremely seasick, and he set her ashore to recover while he returned to the ship to do some necessary work.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton