How to Use nauseate in a Sentence

nauseate

verb
  • The smell of gasoline nauseates me.
  • It nauseated him to see the way the animals were treated.
  • His death is sad, but his last bit of life was truly nauseating.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 27 June 2024
  • When the food came, Jon said he was too nauseated to eat more than a few bites.
    — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
  • You are nauseated by the smells.
    — Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The scale of it was absurd and nauseating.
    — Leonora Epstein, Architectural Digest, 20 Feb. 2026
  • At times, she would get nauseated before races.
    — Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2026
  • That anyone could think us a romance nauseated me, while crime and drama seemed overblown.
    — Bindu Bansinath, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2018
  • On social media, people were shocked and left nauseated by the whirling footage.
    — Author: Timothy Bella, Anchorage Daily News, 5 June 2019
  • She had been feeling nauseated and had not been eating or drinking much for about a week, and had a fever for three days.
    — Gul Madison, Philly.com, 12 Jan. 2018
  • She was nauseated, and her unborn baby kicked in her stomach.
    — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 5 June 2023
  • The ride between her former unit and this one hadn’t been more than a couple of minutes, but she was nauseated.
    — Mattie Kahn, Glamour, 22 Aug. 2018
  • Both of those backs are still on the Texas sideline, which is a sight that could nauseate Texas Tech fans.
    — Dallas News, 21 Sep. 2022
  • The roads to the property are safe but can be uncomfortable for those who feel nauseated in cars.
    — Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 20 May 2024
  • Patients have become weak, short of breath and sometimes nauseated.
    — Denise Grady, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2019
  • Johnson felt nauseated and his chest constricted, forcing the breath from his lungs.
    — Jesse Bedayn, Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The car ran for six hours before Michael Sobik awoke nauseated.
    — Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 14 June 2019
  • Some people inhale the scent of lavender with joy, while others are nauseated by the sweet aroma.
    — Sharon Greenthal, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Sep. 2024
  • She was nauseated and covered in sweat, had lost her voice and was increasingly struggling to breathe.
    — Ashley Fantz, CNN, 24 June 2019
  • As a passenger prone to motion sickness, the lack of glide is jarring and nauseating.
    — Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 6 Aug. 2024
  • Reading this next sentence aloud is nauseating.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 20 Mar. 2026
  • As a father, the facts of this case are nauseating, and my heart continues to ache for Zona, who is gone from us far too soon.
    — Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026
  • The adulations heaped upon me at this point are getting nauseating.
    — Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Anyone who spent any amount of time in my room ended up slightly nauseated, because of all the rubber cement.
    — Elif Batuman, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2017
  • Americans are nauseated as an outbreak of the stomach flu hits the country.
    — Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 30 Dec. 2024
  • About 11 percent of the riders got nauseated or, for other reasons, asked that the car be stopped.
    — New York Times, 17 Jan. 2020
  • The action is at at best competent but uninspired, and at worst (such as a sword fight toward the end) choppy and nauseating.
    — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2025
  • The man was nauseated, suffering from severe joint pains, wracked by a strange, convulsive trembling in his legs.
    — Deborah Blum, WIRED, 23 Feb. 2011
  • Odd Future’s left-field aesthetic and at-times nauseating lyrical content was a non-starter for many.
    — Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Dizzy and nauseated, with bruises spreading on both her legs and around her eye, Rosenkrance, 58, nearly passed out.
    — Anna Gorman, idahostatesman, 26 Apr. 2017

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'nauseate.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: