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 -
There’s nothing worse than sitting at a poolside bar enjoying the ocean views and suddenly feeling nauseous.
— Megan Dubois, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 May 2024 -
Exhibitors worried that audiences would get nauseous looking at huge Imax images for too long, especially if the cuts were too quick or the camera moved too fast.
— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2024
Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'nauseous.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.
Last Updated: