paranoia
Example Sentences
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Is it a case of paranoia thanks to new motherhood?
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2026
"I had paranoia, delusions. I had my first full-on episode when I was 15."
From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026
The paranoia and fear fomented by the sweeping immigration crackdown in the Midwestern state has led many migrants -- both those with legal status and those without -- to shelter at home, campaigners say.
From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026
We’ve also reached a point in the season at which previous groups of Traitors turned on each other for reasons similar to those that do in tyrannical cabals: mutual envy, paranoia and greed.
From Salon • Jan. 28, 2026
Mass paranoia so gripped the ghettos, reminding me of the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution, that I could not even trust my own mother.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
Vocabulary lists containing paranoia
"The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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"There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury (1950)
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