stomach-churning

[ stuhm-uhk-chur-ning ]

/ ˈstʌm əkˌtʃɜr nɪŋ /

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causing nausea.

causing a queasy feeling in one’s stomach, as from anxiety, anger, or disgust: The car accident was a stomach-churning sight.

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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

Is there a more dreadful sensation than that of your stomach wringing itself out like a washcloth?
Why My Norovirus Panic Makes Me Sick|Lizzie Crocker|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
I am fortunate that I have never been deathly ill, but whenever I have the stomach flu, I most certainly feel like I am dying.
Why My Norovirus Panic Makes Me Sick|Lizzie Crocker|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Or fast-fashion chains like Zara and H&M churning out runway imitations.
The Big Business of Fashion Counterfeits|Lizzie Crocker|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Kanye refuses to stomach any rejection, no matter how upper crust.
Kanye West and Kim Kardashian’s Balmain Campaign: High Fashion Meets Low Culture|Amy Zimmerman|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Against this backdrop, Paul breaking bread with Sharpton may be too much for Republican primary voters to watch or stomach.
GOP Won’t Forgive Rand for Cop Critique|Lloyd Green|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
(b) Diseases of the stomach associated with deficient hydrochloric acid, as chronic gastritis and gastric cancer.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Then she would turn him over on his back and paddle his stomach with a ladle to make sure that he was well filled!
Our Little Korean Cousin|H. Lee M. Pike
Since he died from cancer in the stomach, he could retain very little food.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
When a malarious person is bitten by a mosquito, the gametes are taken with the blood into its stomach.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
If it be suspected that the stomach will not be empty, it should be washed out with water the evening before.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd