claustrophobic
Example Sentences
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"I'm quite uncomfortable with accents in general - they kind of hinder me, and I feel quite claustrophobic," she said, adding "Brummie was never a conversation."
From BBC
Maybe, on top of everything else, he truly was claustrophobic.
From Literature
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This cozily claustrophobic home is located in Boston’s historic Beacon Hill district in the period before they had children and were striving anxiously to realize their early promise.
From Los Angeles Times
“It was so cold I couldn’t bend my fingers. I’m also claustrophobic. I found that out too,” Ro said.
From Los Angeles Times
"That was a really driving factor in Gwen's career, that she had a vision of a world that was completely other than this dark, claustrophobic place of her childhood."
From BBC
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