psychotic

Example Sentences

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That so many people in Minneapolis have endangered themselves by waving phones in the faces of armed federal officers and shouting obscenities as if they were psychotic is one of many unhappy consequences.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

As much as he may have appeared psychotic, he was also romantic.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2026

Numerous users have reported that the chatbot is overly sycophantic, leading some to spiral into manic and psychotic episodes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

Standard anti-nausea medications often do not work reliably, he said, which sometimes forces clinicians to turn to second and third-line options such as Haldol, a medication more commonly used for psychotic episodes.

From Science Daily • Nov. 27, 2025

Maybe it was the danger they had posed, or maybe I was just becoming psychotic, but I didn’t feel guilty at all.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall