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

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

In this early project, Goodman described himself as commitment phobic while Walsh purported to fall in love perhaps too easily.

From Washington Post • Jan. 31, 2023

Bernstein became phobic about the show and refused to work on it once it closed.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2021

He became so germo- phobic that he wouldn’t tolerate anyone coming near his food.

From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand