psyche

With a legendary call that namechecked Churchill, Thatcher and Princess Diana, a Norwegian broadcaster carved out a permanent spot in the fragile psyche of English soccer forever.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026

But the biggest obstacle might just be the psychological hold that Mexico has on English soccer’s collective psyche.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026

But since his psyche is so fragile, he will not be able to admit that to himself.

From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026

L.A. was where he had come of age, and it remained an indelible part of his life and psyche — not least in terms of its egalitarian spirit and its tendency toward the horizontal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026

The human psyche was much more flexible than I’d imagined, capable of expanding to contain all sorts of contradictions and seeming impossibilities.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs

His father said that his son would have been "absolutely psyched" that the company's new laboratory was being named in his honour.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

Netflix is so psyched about generative software that it’s spent the year acquiring an A.I. production studio, launching a different studio for A.I.-animated shorts, and re-creating Gene Wilder’s voice for a Willy Wonka–themed game show.

From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026

He told the BBC he had "psyched himself" up for his cardiology appointment and that he was upset and angry at the cancellation.

From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2026

In fact, it’s virtually impossible to tell whether he’s more psyched about “Slow Horses” or being knighted.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2025

Besides the whole Sparkle angle, I'm psyched to do something outside of the shadow of my superstar brother.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon

Of course, there are limits to taking a Panglossian attitude and psyching ourselves up in the face of challenges.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

“He’s not thinking. We came in together and you can be worried about your future a little bit, what’s going to happen. You start psyching yourself out. I think he’s just playing free.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2021

“Every day I get into my car, every day I decide to step out of my house, it’s a psyching up that I have to do to myself,” Ourlicht said.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2020

“They’re unreliable,” one insisted, meaning that people allegedly made stuff up on them for the sole purpose of psyching each other out.

From Slate ● Dec. 22, 2016

He tries not psyching himself into thinking Delilah is calling and his heart races when he reads her name.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera