How to Use squeamish in a Sentence

squeamish

adjective
  • I used to be squeamish about eating raw fish.
  • I'm too squeamish to watch horror movies.
  • But state school board members are squeamish about such a plan.
    — Liz Bowie, baltimoresun.com, 1 July 2017
  • The truth is that plastic surgery can make folks a bit squeamish.
    — Danny Star, Forbes, 27 May 2021
  • For those who are squeamish about needles, this might not be for you!
    — Hannah Oh, Seventeen, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Not for the squeamish though, there are parts of this game that get pretty gross.
    — Jess Grey, Wired, 13 June 2021
  • And how might the squeamish be catered to in such a grisly story?
    — David Patrick Stearns, Philly.com, 15 Sep. 2017
  • Havana is not a city for people who are squeamish about sweat.
    — Peter Lewis, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 July 2017
  • Roman is squeamish at the idea of dancing on their dad’s grave.
    — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Hypochondriacs or squeamish folk may want to sit this one out.
    — Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 23 May 2022
  • Or feel a little squeamish when her bloody remains are found washed up on shore.
    — Cristine Russell, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2020
  • But one style of wrestling can make even those with the toughest skin a little squeamish.
    — Grace Hollars, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Mar. 2022
  • Others said that the sport had been softened to appease squeamish fans.
    — Ian Crouch, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2017
  • Needless to say, this show is not safe for anyone even the slightest bit squeamish.
    — Melissa Minton, Allure, 1 Mar. 2018
  • Lethal rat traps are more common and convenient, but aren't for the squeamish.
    — Timothy Dahl, Popular Mechanics, 3 Oct. 2017
  • The taste may not be all that revolting (though this squeamish reporter would not know).
    — New York Times, 22 June 2018
  • Needle-squeamish guys (or those pretending to be) passed out in line.
    — Nick Canepa Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2021
  • And was there an ideal way to prepare a squeamish young child who was averse to getting tested?
    — New York Times, 13 Jan. 2021
  • Some viewers might be a skosh squeamish about the central role religion plays in the show.
    — Mike Scott, NOLA.com, 17 Sep. 2020
  • Ray was squeamish to start with, reluctant to touch the inside of a chicken, but things changed.
    — Olivia Potts, Longreads, 15 Feb. 2024
  • So, there will be safe areas for those who are squeamish about the idea of seeing the treetops pass far below their feet.
    — Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Mar. 2022
  • The other thing people who are squeamish about drag performances could do is attend some drag shows.
    — Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The cult franchise has become a hit for scary-movie fans and a litmus test for more squeamish audiences.
    — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 22 July 2024
  • Now, a handful are diving into one of the few industries that makes most of their peers squeamish — pot.
    — Marisa Kendall, The Cannifornian, 25 Apr. 2017
  • But for the squeamish players out there, there’s an option to make the jump scares less terrifying.
    — Kris Holt, Forbes, 17 May 2021
  • Yet the most forbidding aspect of the movie isn’t any of those squeamish occurrences.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 23 May 2022
  • And the smartest money runs toward investments others are too squeamish to touch.
    — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 24 Mar. 2026
  • This is not a film for the squeamish, the easily depressed or anyone who thinks that men have had a raw deal of it lately.
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 7 July 2022
  • Morey is the kind of executive willing to pull the trigger on deals that would make his competitors squeamish.
    — New York Times, 2 Nov. 2020
  • All of this is what leaves me perplexed as to why this report would do anything but make investors squeamish about Nordstrom’s prospects.
    — Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2019

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