mal de mer
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Although the company shies from medical claims, French doctors often prescribe Perrier for mal de mer and morning sickness.
From Time Magazine Archive
The viewer must share their turmoil�feel vertigo or mal de mer.
From Time Magazine Archive
Talbot exclaims at one point, but the energy he might have devoted to metaphysical speculations on this insight pour instead into keeping himself upright on the heaving decks and avoiding mal de mer.
From Time Magazine Archive
Dr. Desnoes has been having the company ship-doctors gather data on the malady, known also as mal de mer and nausea marma, to which most people, even sailors, are subject.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the midst of my first mal de mer, I was amused by the appearance on board of one of my fellow-passengers.
From A Boy's Voyage Round the World by Smiles, Samuel
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