phobic
Example Sentences
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"Hopefully overcoming that phobic response will allow somebody to feel much more empowered when they walk into a medical situation," he says.
From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2025
Auntie is very phobic about credit card scams but she hasn’t listened when my parents tell her that scams come through the phone and mail too.
From Slate ● Apr. 26, 2024
With hundreds of years of baseless myth to supply us, it’s no wonder as many as six percent of people are phobic of arachnids.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 12, 2024
‘A needle makes my blood run cold’: Will the phobic get the coronavirus vaccine?
From Washington Post ● Apr. 23, 2021
He became so germo- phobic that he wouldn’t tolerate anyone coming near his food.
From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand
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