SQUEAMISH in a Sentence

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Example sentences for SQUEAMISH, such as:

1. She's really squeamish and can't stand the sight of blood.
2. Such squeamish youths as cannot bear to be connected with a little absurdity are not worth a regret.

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 Meanings and Examples of SQUEAMISH
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squeamish
 a.  excessively fastidious and easily disgusted
Classic Sentence:
1  Such squeamish youths as cannot bear to be connected with a little absurdity are not worth a regret.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 41
2  She was a woman who could not be taught, it is said, though she had a crude natural force which carried with people whose feelings were accessible and whose taste was not squeamish.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3. Lena Lingard: III
3  Then he went into the jewelry store to buy a pearl necklace--or perhaps only a pair of cuff buttons--rid of my provincial squeamishness forever.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
Example Sentence:
1  She's really squeamish and can't stand the sight of blood.