How to Use nauseous in a Sentence

nauseous

adjective

• The smell of gasoline makes me nauseous.
• I began to feel nauseous.
• The whiplash of the NFL world can make one slightly nauseous.
  — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 18 Oct. 2020
• The drugs made me nauseous, pain meds blurred the world, and the ice wrap was just freaking cold.
  — Nancy Richardson Fischer, Harper's BAZAAR, 3 Dec. 2018
• The yelling would pierce their ears as a nauseous knot sat in the pit of their stomachs.
  — Erika Andersen, Good Housekeeping, 26 June 2018
• The throbbing, nauseous headaches that used to shut down his life for days at a time just stop.
  — Paul Sisson, sandiegouniontribune.com, 4 June 2018
• The three-hour drive from Boulder has left me a little nauseous and grumpy.
  — Cedar Wright, Outside Online, 9 Apr. 2018
• Within the hour, though, Bassett got a headache and grew nauseous.
  — Popular Science, 21 Jan. 2020
• Out of it, sick all the time, getting pumped full of medicines to manage his pain but then getting nauseous from the medicines.
  — Dan Labbe, cleveland, 3 Jan. 2021
• Get on a ride, get nauseous, puke, eat some more, and go on another ride.
  — Samantha Hissong, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2021
• Not so, insisted Blatty, who claimed to have posted up at the back of a theater to watch the nauseous flee.
  — Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2023
• When the meeting was over, Sondrup felt shaky and slightly nauseous.
  — Katie Johnston, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Feb. 2021
• What followed was years of chemo treatments that left him feeling weak, nauseous and dizzy.
  — Mark Stewart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2017
• The water of the Rio Branco, the river that runs past the community, was a nauseous pale yellow.
  — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2019
• Less exhausted, less nauseous, less dizzy and less headachy.
  — Kyle Beechey, Bon Appétit, 25 Oct. 2019
• Even minor stress can leave you feeling nauseous, Dr. Wexler says.
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 25 Aug. 2020
• The scoring system for each task shows how likely a person will get nauseous.
  — Roberto Baldwin, Car and Driver, 14 Aug. 2020
• Logan became lethargic and nauseous, and his rash had spread.
  — Dan Wine, OrlandoSentinel.com, 20 June 2018
• The colors were gaudy, the arrangement of figures too crowded, the visual effect like the first nauseous signs of a migraine.
  — David Gilbert, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2017
• If the chemo didn't make Ensler nauseous, that comment certainly should have.
  — Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Feb. 2018
• Unplugging at the end of the night also sometimes helps me to wake up feeling refreshed instead of nauseous.
  — NBC News, 14 Sep. 2017
• Some felt nauseous, according to a report in The Los Angeles Times.
  — Eric Niiler, Wired, 9 Oct. 2020
• One of the common beliefs about cancer is that treatment always leaves you nauseous and fatigued.
  — Alice Oglethorpe, Good Housekeeping, 3 Aug. 2020
• In these attack-like episodes, Lila becomes nauseous, Ferrante writes.
  — Jennifer Wilson, The New Republic, 16 Jan. 2020
• While paddling back to the lineup after catching a wave on May 13, Lindsey was overcome with a nauseous and anxious aching.
  — Sarah Feldberg, Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Oct. 2020
• Some got nauseous or vomited, and a few had racing hearts, chest pain or other symptoms.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 30 Apr. 2021
• The Minnesota players and coaches felt nauseous in 2004.
  — Jeff Potrykus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 Nov. 2021
• University of Kentucky fans can tell you about Austin Peay and some nauseous moments.
  — Tom Groeschen, Cincinnati.com, 21 Aug. 2017
• First responders’ and residents’ throats were burning, and many began to feel nauseous and dizzy.
  — Jacob Carter, STAT, 10 Nov. 2023
• For example, someone in a skyscraper might start to feel nauseous, nervous, and get wobbly knees when on a balcony or close to a high window.
  — Conor Feehly, Discover Magazine, 4 Dec. 2021

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024