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
The Ratliffs, with their North Carolina money and the neuroses to which they generally remain oblivious, are also deeply human.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 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
Ouija boards and black cats are way down the list of neuroses I suffer from.
From "How I Live Now" by Meg Rosoff
