Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for psyching (out)
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Instances of swatting have been plaguing the nation for years, with fake shooting threats frightening the public and forcing schools, hospitals, grocery stores, office buildings, and airports into temporary lockdowns.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
26 Aug. 2025
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On the same day, 100 cyclists, e-bike and dirt bike riders took over a Boston highway, terrifying local drivers.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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The tonal whiplash you experience at that point, the sense that Barbarian can be genuinely terrifying one moment and weirdly funny the next, is what transformed the film into a cult hit.—
Travis Bean,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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For contractors, welcoming verification may seem intimidating at first.—
Brynn Cooksey,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Extend your stay in Portorosso with the 2021 short Ciao Alberto, which follows Alberto working for the intimidating fisherman Massimo (Marco Barricelli).—
Sydni Ellis,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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Unlike other security systems that passively report break-ins to customers or police, Sauron security agents are constantly monitoring to provide real-time incident responses such as watching and scaring away a would-be robber via their speaker system.—
Victoria Feng,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Wednesday takes Enid’s Driver’s Ed lesson to go there, scaring the instructor.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
2 Sep. 2025
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Here's what really happened, including who was secretly terrorizing Lauryn and Owen.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Parsons is one of the most dangerous defensive players in the league, capable of taking over any game while terrorizing opposing offensive coordinators and quarterbacks.—
Steve Silverman,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Serving as a throughline for this 40mm model’s development are Genta’s signature, which led to the idea of his signature octagonal shape softening into the sensual curves of a cushion, leaving the ambiguity of a shape that appears round at first glance.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
4 Sep. 2025
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On one hand, the job market is softening, and there’s political pressure from the president to slash rates aggressively to 1%.—
Frank Holmes,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Verb
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If the experience of illness is inevitably one of sapping solipsism, caretaking is its life-giving corollary.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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However, these decisions shouldn’t be sapping you of your energy altogether.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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And the work continues off planet as well; astronauts living on the ISS exercise hard every day to stave off the bone loss and muscle wasting that long stays in microgravity induce.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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New rules To reduce time-wasting, goalkeepers will concede a corner for holding on to the ball for more than eight seconds.—
Cerys Jones,
New York Times,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Psyching (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/psyching%20%28out%29. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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