is nauseating
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present progressiveof nauseate (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Sure, the sentiment these videos expressed is nauseating.
From Slate ● Nov. 16, 2023
"To read this much anticipated article about the classiest fashion event there is and have to be shamed by another woman for having boobs in 2020 is nauseating."
From Fox News ● May 5, 2020
The detail is nauseating: the hostesses who have been tracked to the toilet and told to see the organiser if it’s all getting too much.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 24, 2018
The grief Charleston and all of us feel is nauseating.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 19, 2015
Kainene sat next to him and said little throughout dinner, once sharply asking a steward to change a glass that looked cloudy, once leaning over to ask, “The sauce is nauseating, isn’t it?”
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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