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Recent Examples of squeamish
However, those who are squeamish might want to avoid these six dog breeds that new research discovered are more susceptible to diarrhea.
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Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 June 2025
Which explains why so many Republicans are squeamish about this current package.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 2 June 2025
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
The resulting scene of torture is, for my money, way worse than most anything we're exposed to in the games—and these are games that are not exactly squeamish about showing scenes of torture and extreme violence!
—ArsTechnica, 5 May 2025
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Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 June 2025
Which explains why so many Republicans are squeamish about this current package.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 2 June 2025
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
The resulting scene of torture is, for my money, way worse than most anything we're exposed to in the games—and these are games that are not exactly squeamish about showing scenes of torture and extreme violence!
—ArsTechnica, 5 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for squeamish
Adjective
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Kids get hurt and get sick, like anyone else; every year, a few in the practice battle life-threatening illness, often cancer.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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Mission Viejo raced to the title while playing without wide receiver Vance Spafford (sick), cornerback Jeron Jones (fractured wrist), safeties Sawyer Thomson (knee) and Zachary Foeldi (knee) and wide receiver Max Markofski (hip).—
Dan Albano,
Oc Register,
13 July 2025
Adjective
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There’s a queasy familiarity to the details of this horror.—
Celia Bell
July 22,
Literary Hub,
22 July 2025
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A certain sort of British memoir takes education as its queasy, pivotal center.—
Daniel Felsenthal,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
Adjective
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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
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That is, until one day, when Blanca began feeling unusually emotional and nauseous.—
Allison Moses,
USA Today,
17 June 2025
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“Squeamish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squeamish. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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