psychopath
Example Sentences
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The 34-year-old, who finished 21st in Beijing four years ago, came second in Friday's training, proclaiming himself a very satisfied "psychopath" after overcoming mental and physical challenges.
From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026
You’d be unwise to look to the movies for economic insight—this one amounts to an extended fatuous argument that an individual who behaved like a corporate restructuring would be a psychopath.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025
“Either I am a psychopath in sheep’s clothing, or I am you.”
From Salon • Aug. 20, 2025
Yet sports scientist Professor Tim Noakes, who worked with the South African team in the Nineties, went as far as to call Cronje a "psychopath".
From BBC • Jul. 30, 2025
He said it so seriously that she blinked, wondering if maybe she had accidentally struck up a conversation with a psychopath who had a thing for baking.
From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway
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