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Recent Examples of carsick
To reach the house, visitors drive up the dark, narrow mountain road hemmed in on both sides by foliage, before arriving, slightly carsick, slightly confused, at the low-slung residence with a modest roofline.
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Kristina Linnea Garcia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2024
While carpooling to school, he gets stuck in the middle seat and feels carsick.
—Peter C. Baker, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2023
The Jets are the Mets sapped of charm—bright orange and blue turned carsick green.
—Devin Gordon, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2021
Dear Heloise: My son can tend to get carsick at times.
—Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2020
As someone who gets occasionally carsick — and ate a giant breakfast before Thursday’s screening — let’s just say that throwing up into my popcorn bag was a bit of a concern.
—John Meyer, The Know, 6 Aug. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for carsick
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On the yacht, Cherry mostly feels seasick while Brigitte and Daniel play together in the water.—
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Danson experimented with hallucinogens and got extremely seasick.—
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Mel initially thought her sister might have been pranking her before becoming nauseous at the thought that her own brother was behind the murders of four college students.—
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That is, until one day, when Blanca began feeling unusually emotional and nauseous.—
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If perfected, the same principle could help passengers who get carsick, seasick, or airsick.—
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Even a not-so-big city like Oslo (pop. 700,000, curfew 3 a.m.) might spark the same feeling—a queasy combination of glamour and isolation, arrogance and melancholy.—
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Specifically, as viewers pointed out, crew members can literally be seen roaming around the set in certain scenes — including during a queasy fan-favorite moment from Season 1, Episode 7.—
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The wistfulness with which the movie treats her is the wooziest thing of all.—
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Propulsive percussion and infectious syncopations are in ample supply, but so are weirder, woozier moments keyed to the humid psychedelia of Miami after hours.—
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For example, Underworld reckoned with reality through the occult, while his newest tape, Zombie Love Kensington Paradise, felt more like a squeamish effort in turning the circumstances of Kensington into content for the Skrilla brand.—
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For non-squeamish types, the Surgeons’ Hall Museums are downright fascinating, and Edinburgh’s several cemeteries make for moody afternoon strolls.—
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Living authors of books investigating the day of rest, a small but select sodality, are probably feeling dizzy right now.—
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Signs of dehydration, including dry mouth and throat, infrequent urination and feeling dizzy when standing up.—
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“Carsick.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carsick. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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