paranoia
Example Sentences
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The point is the feeling his creates, the paranoia that the average person is powerless against such dark forces.
From Salon • May 24, 2026
The paranoia runs in the corridors of power at the Bernabeu and will now be in the dugout with Mourinho - although, in fact, predecessor Alvaro Arbeloa has bought that vision of the world already.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
Well, if you let your paranoia run wild, quite a lot.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026
“His decisions at trial,” his lawyers argue, were “based on fear and paranoia rather than rational thinking; he would fixate on small details, while missing the big picture.”
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026
The basis for the paranoia, I think, is the fact that you're always sealed up in that room and have become suspicious of the outside world.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
Vocabulary lists containing paranoia
"The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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"There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury (1950)
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