oversensitivity

Example Sentences

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An extraneous burden to my team, a mark of my oversensitivity they could ridicule later in the resident’s room over lunch.

From Washington Post • Oct. 4, 2019

I’ve had kids in my class who were early starters and even in second grade there were noticeable differences in their behaviors as compared with their older classmates: immaturity and oversensitivity, for example.

From Slate • Oct. 11, 2018

My difficulty regulating emotions and oversensitivity attracted bullies.

From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2016

It is advisable not to insult people, as in the case of a white author wearing a sombrero to make her point about cultural oversensitivity.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2016

“Frailness and oversensitivity from my mother. A fat liver from Stew. And all those old rugs.”

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee