neuroses
Example Sentences
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“This Is Not About Us” mines excellent, bone-dry humor from the neuroses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
Films are a chance to work out these nagging, existential neuroses that live in the back of the mind, the type that overwhelm to the point of panic if thought about for too long.
From Salon ● Nov. 27, 2025
Combining the neuroses of insecure teenagers and the poll-monitoring reticence of politicians fit for parody, they appear both weak and bashful.
From Salon ● Mar. 9, 2025
“I can’t control where in one’s toilet scrolling one is finding my interview about neuroses and vulnerability, right?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2025
Instead, it’s me bleeding out all my neuroses, looking for answers to questions I have no right to be asking.
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
