seasick

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Recent Examples of seasick The goal was to see if the deaf participants could be made seasick to understand and determine the comparative effects in unaffected subjects, aka men who could hear. Amy Shira Teitel, Discover Magazine, 17 Mar. 2018 The action did not leap from the screen so much as stumble forward in a seasick kind of way. Jamie Lauren Keiles, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2022 My brother-in-law is afraid of getting seasick, and does not want to participate. Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2022 The Sunshine Skyway Pier was cheap, convenient, and a reasonable choice for people who get seasick or wouldn’t want to be stuck on a boat for hours. Daniel McGinn, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Nov. 2022 See All Example Sentences for seasick
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seasick
Adjective
  • In a season-one episode, Taylor raised a concrete grate at Homestead 2 and suddenly felt dizzy and nauseous.
    Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 30 June 2025
  • That is, until one day, when Blanca began feeling unusually emotional and nauseous.
    Allison Moses, USA Today, 17 June 2025
Adjective
  • A certain sort of British memoir takes education as its queasy, pivotal center.
    Daniel Felsenthal, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
  • Current closer Jordan Romano, who has improved after a nightmarish start to his Phillies career, still gives queasy vibes, and neither Matt Strahm (3.70 ERA) nor Orion Kerkering (3.18 ERA) look like lockdown guys.
    Anthony Stitt, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
Adjective
  • Victims may see a bruise or small red mark at the injection site and, if injected with an unknown substance, report blurry vision, nausea, or feeling woozy, dizzy, and even loss of consciousness, according to Spike Aware UK's website.
    Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 26 June 2025
  • Dowd, who had been woozy in the immediate aftermath of the play, left the game an inning later.
    Shotgun Spratling, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
Adjective
  • Rodgers, 41, had not expressed a sense of certainty (via his agent) about his plans, which made Schneider squeamish.
    Michael Silver, New York Times, 19 June 2025
  • Even some Republicans are squeamish at the Trump administration’s aggressive tactics.
    Al Weaver, The Hill, 29 May 2025
Adjective
  • To reach the house, visitors drive up the dark, narrow mountain road hemmed in on both sides by foliage, before arriving, slightly carsick, slightly confused, at the low-slung residence with a modest roofline.
    Kristina Linnea Garcia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2024
  • While carpooling to school, he gets stuck in the middle seat and feels carsick.
    Peter C. Baker, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2023
Adjective
  • Some users have reported feeling dizzy and nauseated from playing VR for too long.
    BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2025
  • Victims may see a bruise or small red mark at the injection site and, if injected with an unknown substance, report blurry vision, nausea, or feeling woozy, dizzy, and even loss of consciousness, according to Spike Aware UK's website.
    Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 26 June 2025
Adjective
  • The match was a shaky one for Anisimova, who made 28 unforced errors.
    Grace Jordan-Weinstein, People.com, 12 July 2025
  • Alcaraz played a shaky game with a double fault and then a long forehand on Fritz’s chip return on set point.
    Adam Zagoria, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025

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“Seasick.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seasick. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.

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