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Recent Examples of squeamish
Like Lawrence, Sam Darnold isn’t squeamish about passing into tight windows or risking an INT blemish.
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Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
So either Sinners will be a long-time-coming breakthrough for Coogler and Jordan … or the Academy will get squeamish about something.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2025
Anyone, age aside, may find those scenes a little squeamish.
—Kelsie Gibson, People.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Lawmakers are growing squeamish in the wake of sectarian violence in the country and Israel’s intervention against Damascus.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 23 July 2025
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Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
So either Sinners will be a long-time-coming breakthrough for Coogler and Jordan … or the Academy will get squeamish about something.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2025
Anyone, age aside, may find those scenes a little squeamish.
—Kelsie Gibson, People.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Lawmakers are growing squeamish in the wake of sectarian violence in the country and Israel’s intervention against Damascus.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 23 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for squeamish
Adjective
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And the American health care system isn't set up to help people get through it, Mauldin outlines in the book, by way of inaccessible health care, lack of caregiver supports, expensive treatments and an overall de-valuing of sick people and those with disabilities.—
Madeline Mitchell,
USA Today,
9 Feb. 2026
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In January 2025, a hospital in West Texas began reporting that children were coming in sick with measles.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
9 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Nominally in the spirit of ’90s from-hell thrillers, The Patient is a riveting character drama that offers some queasy white-knuckle suspense on the way to a thrilling climax.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Jan. 2026
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Lots of mud, mixed with blood and guts, because what’s Westeros if not a queasy swill of muck and bodily fluids?—
Lorraine Ali,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Jan. 2026
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“Squeamish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squeamish. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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