`I would rather not touch,' he said squeamishly. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : to get squeamish at the sight of blood. From Dictionary.com.
He looks at her bloodstained mouth and chin squeamishly and then kisses her. From Wordnik.com. [OBS RECAPS & REVIEWS: THE VAMPIRE DIARIES EPISODE 13: CHILDREN OF THE DAMNED | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews] Reference
"I don't credit that part," Joe Bell said squeamishly. From Wordnik.com. [Breakfast At Tiffany's]
Derry's pale face twisted squeamishly, and Checkov saw him. From Wordnik.com. [Forfeit]
Foner's version of black nationalism is squeamishly soft at the center. From Wordnik.com. [Exchange on Black Nationalism] Reference
Shall we squeamishly yield what is set under our eyes, and clutch at it when it vanishes?. From Wordnik.com. [The Danish History, Books I-IX] Reference
S'Talon may be old-fashioned and squeamishly gentle, but he should not be underestimated. From Wordnik.com. [Web of the Romulans] Reference
And yet I almost like the girl, or should if she had been less proudly and squeamishly brought up. From Wordnik.com. [Nicholas Nickleby] Reference
Liberals embrace the same assumption, though squeamishly, and instead call for more social programs. From Wordnik.com. [Van Jones: ARE Blacks A Criminal Race? Surprising Statistics] Reference
Really, Miss Polly, you are as squeamishly affected about taking a Cup of Strong – Waters as a Lady before. From Wordnik.com. [The Beggar's Opera] Reference
The rude woman you encountered is evidence of that airline squeamishly undergoing their initial death throes. From Wordnik.com. [Flights of Fancy: The Art of Unsimplification] Reference
A pretty market we should have brought our fish to, if we should now squeamishly decline to wind our own mellow horn!. From Wordnik.com. [Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 04, April 23, 1870] Reference
Tiffany and I sat squeamishly on a bench in the Madigan waiting area and prepared to reengage in the retirement process. From Wordnik.com. [Hope Unseen] Reference
He has not the glib faculty of sliding over a tale, but his words come squeamishly out of his mouth, and the laughter commonly before the jest. From Wordnik.com. [Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters] Reference
Frankly, the rest of the proceedings, other than the tightly staged roll call vote, meant to mollify the Clinton crew, were squeamishly militaristic. From Wordnik.com. [Brad Parker: Bill And Hill Get Back On The Porch; Obama And Biden Hawk Up] Reference
By the time the film was released, the United States was at war, with no further need for the industry, politicians or public to be squeamishly neutral. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-03-01] Reference
He gave the handkerchief back to Tilepit, who put it squeamishly in his pocket, and he snatched the wrench away from Yorkshire and told him to cool down and plan. From Wordnik.com. [Come To Grief]
Presently, he was showing off for two Italian girls flirting with the eight and a half foot deep end of the pool yet retreating squeamishly to the three and a half foot side. From Wordnik.com. [Miami Beach] Reference
Bors swallowed squeamishly and took his cup of coffee. From Wordnik.com. [Talents, Incorporated] Reference
Since then, there has never been any human fatalities, I squeamishly obliged. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Which is to say that Maher's material is extremely opinionated and, at times, squeamishly rude. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
And honest souls turn squeamishly away from him; honest faces flush with indignation at his name. From Wordnik.com. [A Reckless Character And Other Stories] Reference
Nate Appleman's squeamishly accepted dare to cook with unhatched eggs, umbilical cords still attached. From Wordnik.com. [Slashfood] Reference
Really, Miss Polly, you are as squeamishly affected about taking a Cup of Strong-Waters as a Lady before Company. From Wordnik.com. [The Beggar's Opera] Reference
"And, if all that disgusts you, then you're too squeamishly Anglo-Saxon, and you really need a bit of French in you.". From Wordnik.com. [Latest hospitality news from CatererSearch] Reference
There’s a tittering behind me from the other generals, although not from X, who regards Holtz almost squeamishly. From Wordnik.com. [Tours of the Black Clock] Reference
I shall not squeamishly decline. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, November 14, 1917] Reference
Many are squeamishly fascinated. From Wordnik.com. [Denver Post: All Blogs] Reference
The hotel clerk, her face woman-behind-the-makeup-counter-at-a-high-end-department-store flawless, stared at Emily squeamishly. From Wordnik.com. [I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone] Reference
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