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Recent Examples of carsick
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.
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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
The Jets are the Mets sapped of charm—bright orange and blue turned carsick green.
—Devin Gordon, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2021
Dear Heloise: My son can tend to get carsick at times.
—Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2020
As someone who gets occasionally carsick — and ate a giant breakfast before Thursday’s screening — let’s just say that throwing up into my popcorn bag was a bit of a concern.
—John Meyer, The Know, 6 Aug. 2019
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
The Jets are the Mets sapped of charm—bright orange and blue turned carsick green.
—Devin Gordon, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2021
Dear Heloise: My son can tend to get carsick at times.
—Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2020
As someone who gets occasionally carsick — and ate a giant breakfast before Thursday’s screening — let’s just say that throwing up into my popcorn bag was a bit of a concern.
—John Meyer, The Know, 6 Aug. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for carsick
Adjective
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Danson experimented with hallucinogens and got extremely seasick.—
Liza Esquibias,
People.com,
20 May 2025
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She’s returned with a little something for everyone: demonic house music, introspective soft rock, catchy post-punk, seasick sophisti-pop.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
22 May 2024
Adjective
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The 23-year-old college student died on April 23 in Assisi, Italy, minutes after becoming nauseous while dining with friends, The Boston Globe reported in a new interview with her father published on Wednesday, May 7.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
9 May 2025
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An amusement park ride that provides thrills, but can leave you nauseous.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
7 May 2025
Adjective
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One year after sweating out whether or not their two-time national champion coach would accept an offer to coach LeBron James and the L.A. Lakers, Huskies fans may be feeling just a little queasy after the New York Knicks fired head coach Tom Thibodeau on Tuesday.—
Kels Dayton,
Hartford Courant,
4 June 2025
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This builds to a third act that is nicely queasy in atmosphere but frustrating on a narrative and character level as Kowalski reaches for a murkily ambiguous conclusion that just winds up feeling underpowered and cold to the touch.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
30 May 2025
Adjective
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The tone shifts, though, becoming myopic and even a little queasy once the film leaves high school behind and heads deeper into the forest, literally and figuratively, a shift that mimics the swoony, woozy, consumptive rush of first love — just what Hardwicke intended to capture.—
Bruce Handy,
Vulture,
20 May 2025
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That Jia could make anything out of that flotsam and jetsam is astonishing, but his ability to not only recreate those time frames but craft all of it into a woozy, free-floating memory piece is miraculous.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
9 May 2025
Adjective
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Which explains why so many Republicans are squeamish about this current package.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
2 June 2025
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In the hallway, an unseen WLF guard barks at his squeamish companion (Vince Song) to ignore their captor's screams while Isaac works.—
Sara Netzley,
EW.com,
5 May 2025
Adjective
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Signs of dehydration, including: dry mouth and throat, infrequent peeing and feeling dizzy when standing up.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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Spinning is what dizzy people do, and Lopez is not that.—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
12 May 2025
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“Carsick.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carsick. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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