paranoid

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Examples of paranoid in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web This isn’t about being paranoid, but rather about being smart and using your intuition to guide you. Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2024 Trial testimony indicated that Miller was paranoid and believed his co-workers had been gossiping about him. CBS News, 26 Sep. 2024 The War on Terror reinforced a paranoid style on the left that has stunted progressive politics, a Chomskyite turn that sees even the democratic socialism of Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as too incremental. Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2024 The first season of the Netflix show was released in August 2024 and features Jeff Goldblum as a paranoid and spiteful Zeus who is fearful that a prophecy about his downfall is coming to fruition. Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for paranoid 

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“Paranoid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paranoid. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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