I always feel a definite squeamishness around spiders despite never having been bitten by one. From LearnThat.org.
The program was withdrawn because of the squeamishness of some viewers. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
He refused to allow squeamishness to deter him from his duty. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
That there was a good deal of "squeamishness" felt at the idea of being captured, cannot be doubted. From Wordnik.com. [History of Kershaw's Brigade] Reference
It seems oversubtle to charge me with "squeamishness" when I have admitted to finding Miss Blais's horror stories "ludicrous.". From Wordnik.com. [Exorcising Demons] Reference
The Government also says it will help these grant-making bodies to overcome their "squeamishness" at dealing with religious groups. From Wordnik.com. [NSS News] Reference
The distribution of those STDs isn't exactly even across American society, suggesting that this "squeamishness" isn't even distributed. From Wordnik.com. [Pajamas Media] Reference
Your squeamishness is despicable and part of the problem. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
That squeamishness certainly would have gone into the equation. From Wordnik.com. [The journalist who revealed Ken Mehlman's secret] Reference
He probably intuited the squeamishness of the visiting Americans. From Wordnik.com. [Hot Pot's Top Spot] Reference
Tp dispell their squeamishness about Obama's FP experience and approach. From Wordnik.com. [Election Central Sunday Roundup] Reference
Glory shuddered all over, but by now she was far beyond simple squeamishness. From Wordnik.com. [The Warslayer]
There is also the question of taste, but KQED says squeamishness is irrelevant. From Wordnik.com. ['Live, From San Quentin.'] Reference
However, my burning desire to express myself in writing overruled my squeamishness. From Wordnik.com. [Behind the News: Voices from Goa's Press] Reference
One of the functions of the moisture-reclaimers was a rough joke, or a squeamishness. From Wordnik.com. [The Planet Strappers] Reference
They want to impose their squeamishness on sturdy health: that is at the bottom of it all. From Wordnik.com. [Browning's Heroines] Reference
She scooped the spider into it without even a shred of squeamishness and handed it to him. From Wordnik.com. [Thief Of Hearts]
But I will chew majum and bestow myself in the cabin; thus perhaps I may avoid squeamishness. From Wordnik.com. [In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India] Reference
The administration has not given details, perhaps partly out of squeamishness about profiling. From Wordnik.com. [The Lesson of the Joking 'Shoe-Bomber'] Reference
One club official senses squeamishness by Astros management to deal Oswalt within the division. From Wordnik.com. [Roy Oswalt is biggest name on trading block] Reference
The handling of the object was a bit off-putting at first but we soon overcame our squeamishness. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 4 - Awaiting-Trial] Reference
Stateside squeamishness soon turned to annoyance, followed by a deep sense that enough was enough. From Wordnik.com. [PERISCOPE] Reference
Such squeamishness and misplaced charity did nothing to discourage further attempts at assassination. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles]
She had a point; he had no more occasion to let his squeamishness interfere with business than she did. From Wordnik.com. [The Source of Magic]
I would have felt nauseated if the stomach were my property, but my squeamishness meant nothing to him. From Wordnik.com. [Renegade's Magic]
This feeling left me after a time, and was replaced by a sort of squeamishness, a faint sickly sensation. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 337, November, 1843] Reference
But he had a feeling akin to contempt for the punctilious and conventional squeamishness of polite society. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Shoemaker or 'Cobbler' Horn] Reference
For example, the incident of the Romanian prince has been omitted, presumably for reasons of squeamishness. From Wordnik.com. [Commandant of Auschwitz]
“Yes,” said Miss Jessica, exhibiting an unexpected squeamishness in view of her performance of the night before. From Wordnik.com. [More Work for the Undertaker]
So early this fall I resolved to investigate the trend — and see if I could overcome my vestigial squeamishness in the process. From Wordnik.com. [Not For the Lily-Livered] Reference
A new "Corpses" trailer even plays up Universal's squeamishness, calling the horror story "The movie some didn't want you to see.". From Wordnik.com. [Itching To Pick A Fright] Reference
ARGETSINGER: But -- no one was threatening us, but it was simply a matter of taste, appropriateness, squeamishness, things like that. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 16, 2006] Reference
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