mal de mer
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Aboard the Berengaria Queen Marie at first kept to her suite of staterooms, alleging mal de mer, though the crossing was anything but rough.
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
Although the company shies from medical claims, French doctors often prescribe Perrier for mal de mer and morning sickness.
From Time Magazine Archive
The filming, some of which took place off the coast of Barcelona, caused some seasickness problems among the moviemakers, but Dunaway seemed to have had more worries about costuming than mal de mer.
From Time Magazine Archive
The agony of mal de mer was hers now of full license, for the choppy sea was sustained on the bosom of a long ground swell, coming we knew not whence.
From The Lady and the Pirate Being the Plain Tale of a Diligent Pirate and a Fair Captive by Harry A. Mathes
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