hypochondriac

Example Sentences

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She’s this little hypochondriac, I mean, but it makes sense.

From Salon • Nov. 2, 2025

Elena is a hypochondriac and an agoraphobe, and Winslet said that, from a political standpoint, her character “absolutely has moments of just making stuff up.”

From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2024

Doctors “called me a hypochondriac and said it was just anxiety and depression,” said Hannah Powell, a 26-year-old Utah woman who went undiagnosed for five years.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 7, 2023

“The mammoth tours of enormous venues. The expectations upon me. That’s surely anxiety-inducing for anybody, never mind a huge hypochondriac like myself.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2023

He was reputed to be a hypochondriac and a deeply paranoid, frustrated man.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri