squeamish

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Here McDermott’s inspired staging demonstrated that Glass’ forgiving personal portrait of Walt Disney makes it the quintessential Hollywood opera that no one dares bring to squeamish Hollywood.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

There’s a price war going on and Novo Nordisk recently launched a pill version, which will attract people squeamish about weekly injections.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

But even this nice moment carries a squeamish undercurrent.

From Salon • Aug. 10, 2025

"If you want to have international companies here you've got to allow them to pay management what they think that they need to be paid and not be squeamish," he said.

From BBC • Jul. 8, 2025

Mama had always been squeamish about lizards and snakes and bugs and things, and you could tell that it just made her flesh crawl to have to touch this one.

From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson