mental state

Example Sentences

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The panel of three judges said the court "does not accept Mr Tarrant's evidence about his mental state."

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

Did you do anything to prepare your mental state as a contestant?

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

This led Justice Brett Kavanaugh to ask about mens rea, the required mental state that the government must prove in order to show that an individual committed a crime.

From Slate • Mar. 3, 2026

"I find my own mental state is at its calmest outside whereas at home I can be overloaded with the chaos of housework," she says.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026

All I can do now is keep recording my mental state as objectively as possible, remembering that this psychological journal will be the first of its kind, and possibly the last.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes