as in doubt
an uneasy feeling about the rightness of what one is doing or going to do
she has no qualms about downloading pirated music files from the Internet
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Recent Examples of qualm
Klum has no qualms about sharing a topless moment with her fans.
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Meg Walters, InStyle, 29 Jan. 2026
Based on appearance alone, us Robb Reporters had a few qualms with Ethel M’s chocolate.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 24 Jan. 2026
Epstein used to caution the media about the risks of signing free agents past age 30 to long-term deals, but Hoyer had no qualms giving the 31-year-old Bregman five years and a coveted no-trade clause.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2026
But Mansfield Park is a retelling of the Cinderella story, and arguably everything Fanny does—every stiff remark, every moral qualm, every quake and quiver—stems from the horrible experiment that is practiced upon her.
—Literary Hub, 14 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for qualm
Meg Walters, InStyle, 29 Jan. 2026
Based on appearance alone, us Robb Reporters had a few qualms with Ethel M’s chocolate.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 24 Jan. 2026
Epstein used to caution the media about the risks of signing free agents past age 30 to long-term deals, but Hoyer had no qualms giving the 31-year-old Bregman five years and a coveted no-trade clause.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2026
But Mansfield Park is a retelling of the Cinderella story, and arguably everything Fanny does—every stiff remark, every moral qualm, every quake and quiver—stems from the horrible experiment that is practiced upon her.
—Literary Hub, 14 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for qualm
Noun
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For now, those doubts have done little to dent her standing.—
Hanako Montgomery,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
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Technical doubts and stealth concerns Skepticism around the SM-39 centers on physics as much as design.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Feb. 2026
Noun
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He's gotten his legislative agenda through the House and the Senate without any objection of any meaningful sort.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 Feb. 2026
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Praise for the post being removed More Republicans lodged their objections to the post after the video was taken down.—
Matt Brown,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Feb. 2026
Noun
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It’s regarded as his greatest song ever, containing his favorite themes of violence, mortality, regret, and above all, loneliness, against the backdrop of the American wilderness.—
Angie Martoccio,
Rolling Stone,
13 Feb. 2026
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But that's definitely my big regret.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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And that includes absolutely no compunction about sharing the time Sharon decided to destroy husband Ozzy's drugs in an attempt to keep him sober.—
People Staff,
PEOPLE,
31 Jan. 2026
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Lamborghini had no such compunction, introducing the Urus in 2017 and provoking a response that was mainly: Of course Lamborghini did, given the marque’s history with the LM002 but also Lamborghini’s status as the supercar brand that might try anything once.—
Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Qualm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/qualm. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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