claustrophobic

Example Sentences

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"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

But the only time I felt claustrophobic was in the lazy river.

From The Wall Street Journal

The first series of ITV's claustrophobically intense drama series was mostly set on an international jet flight.

From BBC

If Grizzly Bear’s early years were about convergence — four young men building a sound that felt both communal and claustrophobic, this chapter is about calibration: finding equilibrium after a long season apart.

From Los Angeles Times

“Her trauma, it’s nearly claustrophobic and weighs you down, which I tried to embody in her when people get too close. It’s like this injection of fear,” the actor says of her Apple TV+ series.

From Los Angeles Times