travel-sick

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adjective

nauseated from riding in a moving vehicle

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Derived forms of travel-sick

travel-sickness, noun

Words nearby travel-sick

travelling salesman, travelling wave, travelling-wave tube, travelogue, travel shot, travel-sick, travel time, travel trailer, Traven, Travers, traversal

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How to use travel-sick in a sentence

And not just sick in the body but in your mind, because you start obsessing.
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You just travel light with carry-on luggage, go to cities that you love, and get to hang out with all your friends.
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I was sick in street gutters, onto my desk, at dinners with friends.
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He did travel to China and Australia while the story was unfolding.
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In doing so he exposed the failure of other airlines in the region to see the huge pent-up demand for cheap travel.
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The Duchess had also a tent for their sick men; so that we had a small town of our own here, and every body employed.
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I suppose he is sick of the sound of them, or perhaps it is because he feels obliged to be conscientious in teaching Beethoven!
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One thing was certain: Grandfather Mole could travel much faster through the water than he could underground.
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After the battle of the Pyramids he fell sick, and before the Syrian expedition, applied to return to France.
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So we placed some of these holy relics upon the sick man, at the same time offering our vows for him, and then he improved.
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