psych
Example Sentences
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“The Housemaid” initially appears to have those trappings, slowly revealing that Nina is on a steady cocktail of antipsychotics after a trip to the psych ward.
From Salon • Jan. 31, 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
After unburdening herself from the bipolar diagnosis she had received as a child, she got off psych meds.
From Slate • Sep. 29, 2024
How a concept created and coined by Carl Jung became the latest pop psych buzzword for self-discovery on social media.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2024
“You’re absolutely right. I have no clue what’s going on. So there’s no future in trying to psych me out.”
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.