mental state

Example Sentences

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In his appeal, Tarrant claimed he made the guilty pleas while he was "irrational" and under a poor mental state.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

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

“I was in the exact mental state that I wanted to be in,” Vonn said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

A young jockey named George Woolf, aboard for one of these woeful performances, summed up the colt’s mental state in four words: “mean, restive and ragged.”

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand