How to Use psychological in a Sentence

psychological

adjective
  • The actor said the psychological strain of the role took a toll on him mentally.
    USA TODAY, 11 May 2023
  • So there's gross-out stuff with the worms, ghostly things, psychological thriller type of stuff, etc.
    Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 20 Oct. 2023
  • This is a sign that the workplace may not have a culture of psychological safety.
    Billboard Japan, Billboard, 11 May 2023
  • Then there is the psychological effect and the stress of displacement.
    Sammy Westfall, Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Stop the psychological trauma of adjusting to time changes twice a year.
    Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 19 Mar. 2024
  • While on the run, the relationship between the women heats up in this psychological thriller.
    Lydia Wang, Women's Health, 5 June 2023
  • The pair met on the set of the psychological horror film Frozen (2010), on which Wasdin was an assistant director.
    Jacqueline Weiss, Peoplemag, 26 Nov. 2023
  • Was there any special psychological or other support to ensure a safe and free space for all the creatives?
    Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Feb. 2024
  • The constant feeling of anger and psychological distress due to the ongoing heat is taking its toll.
    Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 21 July 2023
  • For those who are left behind to care indefinitely for these creations, the psychological costs may be too much to bear.
    Tamara Kneese, WIRED, 21 Aug. 2023
  • The film is a psychological thriller about a woman who probes a romance scam that appears to involve her father and may involve a series of murders.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Then there was the psychological boost her absence provided Ireland, which was out to cause an upset in its first appearance at the World Cup.
    James Robson, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2023
  • And all of it is wrapped in an intimate psychological drama involving three people that still manages to hit a number of tried and true sci-fi beats.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2023
  • To recap, the psychological norm for most people is to not be confrontational.
    Sean McDonnell, cleveland, 12 July 2023
  • The hapless but deeply lovable and tragically self-aware Marcelo needs and deserves a psychological makeover, and Naishtat and Alché are too fond of him to deny him one.
    Jessica Kiang, Variety, 29 Sep. 2023
  • As the country confronts a fresh string of mass killings — in a mall, in a home, at a bank, a birthday party, a school — the unrelenting violence is exacting a psychological toll.
    Joanna Slater, Washington Post, 13 May 2023
  • Both genres are now in play, and Paul deftly manipulates them to show Christine’s psychological back-and-forth.
    Joanna Biggs, Harper's Magazine, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Not in the same way as a show like Survivor, where people need to complete challenges and understand how to literally survive in the wilderness, but in a more psychological way.
    Evan Romano, Men's Health, 17 Aug. 2023
  • For a long time, my field has focused exclusively on the psychological impacts of trauma.
    Hazlitt, 27 Sep. 2023
  • But humans—and our relatives—have long expressed ourselves with the color red, which appears to have psychological impacts on the human mind.
    Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Oct. 2023
  • The motion, field by Shaver's defense attorney, Jeffrey Wiggs, seeks a psychological exam of the child.
    Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 17 May 2023
  • That’s true, in a psychological sense, even if the particulars were invented.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 12 Jan. 2024
  • In Ventura’s case, Combs’ alleged physical and psychological abuse cost her over a decade of freedom.
    Njera Perkins, refinery29.com, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Hostages also suffered psychological abuse, Moze said, recalling one teenager who was allegedly told he'd be held hostage for at least a year.
    Abc News, ABC News, 4 Dec. 2023
  • On the other hand, those opposed to psychedelics highlight the risks and unknowns, particularly the lack of comprehensive studies on the long-term psychological impacts of psychedelics.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
  • The physical violence in the ring will be nothing compared to the psychological carnage happening outside of it.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2023
  • That fact will likely raise a pivotal question for the nation's voters, many of whom are still feeling the lingering financial and psychological effects of the worst bout of inflation in four decades.
    CBS News, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Cohen agreed Miller had been abused as a child after hearing psychological evidence throughout the eight-month trial.
    Paul Larosa, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2023
  • The history of exorcism is and has always been a fascinating reflection of the psychological impact that the fear of the unknown has on human beings.
    Aj Dicosimo, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2023
  • So there’s a deep emotional and psychological well inside this story.
    Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2024

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