psych
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I also saw this same dynamic when working on a hospital psych unit as a counselor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
"I'll psych her out a little bit - she won't admit it but I can see her coming apart at the seams already..."
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2025
Their psych ward meet-cute isn't as romantic as it sounds — I promise.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2024
After unburdening herself from the bipolar diagnosis she had received as a child, she got off psych meds.
From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2024
Lana shouts, whether from frustration or to psych them up, Mark may never know.
From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner
This is a woman who psychs herself up in the mirror and raps to herself, in order to ...
From Slate ● Aug. 30, 2017
“He’s like Muhammad Ali, he psychs out all the other horses,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2017
Before trials, he psychs himself up by yelling “Showtime!,” in a nod to “All That Jazz.”
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 6, 2015
You can also designate a "Fit Song," so at the touch of a button you hear the tune that always psychs you up to go all out.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 7, 2012
You fooled the top psychs of the Board.
From Masters of Space by Robert Lee Berry
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
I psyched myself up to argue and dialed the customer service number on the back of the bill.
From Slate ● Apr. 25, 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
“We’re psyched for five more years with our fans.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2025
I asked my reflection, because I’d read about a general who talked to himself in the mirror to get psyched for battle.
From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen
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
"I knew how toxic it can be. You're psyching yourself up for it, so to hear that you aren't going to need it is just unbelievable," she says.
From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2023
“When I look at a combination of attributes of a player, I think Micah has no problem psyching himself up to a rage,” Jones said.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 20, 2023
“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
While she was psyching herself up to immobilize her ankle, she noticed some faded words on one of the wooden crates: hermes express.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
