oversensitivity

Example Sentences

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Professor Loury, who frequently laments the oversensitivity of college students, said he would not send such an email now, because her comments were an opportunity for vigorous debate.

From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2023

The common answers: running from something, raised wrong, bad genes, no willpower, oversensitivity, delicate genius, the ugliness of the world.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2022

Traditional accounts have suggested that ASD is characterized by a fundamental lack of interpersonal interest; however, the results of our study align with other recent studies showing oversensitivity.

From Salon • Nov. 16, 2019

An extraneous burden to my team, a mark of my oversensitivity they could ridicule later in the resident’s room over lunch.

From Washington Post • Oct. 4, 2019

“Frailness and oversensitivity from my mother. A fat liver from Stew. And all those old rugs.”

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee