Examples of psychopathic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective Many psychopathic individuals tend to display traits that are widely associated with effective leadership, such as charisma, persuasiveness, and creativity. — Simon Croom, Fortune, 6 June 2021 In Killing Eve, based on Luke Jennings' Codename Villanelle e-books, Oh plays Eve, a refreshingly normal M15 officer who becomes obsessed with finding Comer's Villanelle, a wildly confident, often petulant, probably psychopathic killer. — Christopher Ros, Glamour, 12 Aug. 2021 Criticizing, blaming and shaming them for being thoughtless, selfish, stupid, ignorant or psychopathic. — Peter Bregman And Howard Jacobson, CNN, 5 Aug. 2021 Alcala’s predatory behavior in seeking vulnerable female targets was psychopathic. — Cynthia Littleton, chicagotribune.com, 25 July 2021 The third part of the Dark Triad is psychopathic behavior. — John Brandon, Forbes, 28 June 2021 As a minor, he was diagnosed with conduct disorder, which is marked by antisocial behavior and could lead to psychopathic or sociopathic tendencies, according to KRQE. — Fox News, 24 June 2021 Across the internet, felines’ beguiling fluidity and vaguely psychopathic tendencies spark a mixture of adulation and fear. — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 12 May 2021 Magnussen tips the balance between charming and psychopathic nicely in the latter direction. — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 28 Mar. 2021 Recent Examples on the Web: Noun The character is a pure psychopathic who drives a classic hot rod and has a fanatical love of Coors beer. — James Hibberd, EW.com, 24 Nov. 2020 They are popularly recognized as the motto of a fictional psychopathic supervillain. — Brian Murphy, OrlandoSentinel.com, 22 May 2018 The sheer accumulation of images of celebrity bodies in my browser history feels psychopathic. — Amanda Hess, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2018 People who are psychopathic have a fearless personality. — Lynn Johnson, National Geographic, 3 Jan. 2018

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