Word: seasickly
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...spits a casual stream of tobacco juice, chats in a friendly Southern drawl with the umpire and opposing catcher, and usually complains that he is feeling just terrible. His symptoms may range from an upset stomach to "double vision." Once after a ferryboat ride, he dolefully announced he was seasick...
Shirley May was looking for glory, perhaps even a Hollywood contract, but last week she was seasick. On the Dutch luxury liner Nieuw Amsterdam, eastbound, a steward with a tempting tray knocked at her stateroom door. "Come back later, much later," moaned Shirley May. "How I wish I could get off this ship and swim the rest...
...house was the "butterfly roof" which made space for a second-story bedroom under one wing and (by substituting a single indoor drainpipe) did away with outside gutters and drains. Despite such practical advantages, traditionalists might object that the tilting roof gave the inside of the house a slightly seasick air. Like the exterior walls, the ceilings were largely finished with unpainted cypress siding, which had a warm, luxurious look. The floors were of bluestone flagging and designed for radiant heating coils. Breuer, whose knack of combining materials to bring out all their best qualities is much admired by fellow...
...conversations were continued in Nassau. The most successful of them took place the day that Author Marquand hired a sloop and conveyed Gissen and Miss Mehrtens to a deserted island, where they spent a peaceful, uninterrupted day. On the way home, however, Researcher Mehrtens, still making notes, was taken seasick. Although she fought it off, she suggests the following procedure for such occasions: "If you have to take shorthand on a sloop, don't do it for any length of time. It's that business of looking constantly down...
Cross Porpoises. In Marineland, Fla., aquarium officials were distressed to learn that two porpoises they had shipped to Bimini, B.W.I, had become seasick en route...