squeamishness

Example Sentences

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Private-credit executives say the squeamishness is overdone, that institutional investors are still putting money into private credit and that the industry’s overall performance is strong.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

"Be careful they can jump," he says, laughing at my squeamishness.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

Even though the deal had nothing to do with food, if the country wanted to revive it—something that promised significant investment from the U.S.—it would need to get over its squeamishness.

From Slate • Feb. 13, 2026

Global warming has certainly changed in the two decades since that conversation, but apparently Hollywood's squeamishness about fully acknowledging that reality has not.

From Salon • Jul. 22, 2024

My squeamishness belonged in another age, but I’d brought it along with me.

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler