How to Use neurosis in a Sentence

neurosis

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  • Morty is, as much as anyone can be, the straight man with a few neuroses.
    — Will Nevin, OregonLive.com, 30 May 2018
  • Along the way, Holofcener pokes fun at the neuroses of her characters.
    — Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2023
  • After all, the guy has been at it since 1977, and the neurosis has to wear out at some point.
    — Nick Vadala, Philly.com, 6 Sep. 2017
  • But go ahead and wash his neurosis right out of your car, and send it on its way!
    — John Hodgman, New York Times, 9 June 2022
  • The neurosis at the heart of the film is that of the military order itself.
    — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2020
  • Susan, with all her fears and neuroses, would never have let a stranger in.
    — Lisa Depaulo, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2024
  • Statham’s character is, we’re told, subject to a bunch of neuroses and phobias, none of which come in to play.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Ramis began to set aside time on the nights before Dangerfield’s scenes to cater to his star’s neuroses.
    — Chris Nashawaty, SI.com, 17 Apr. 2018
  • Those neuroses are on full display in Nora From Queens.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 16 Jan. 2020
  • At least All About Eve helped us to see that showbiz folly was based in private neuroses.
    — Armond White, National Review, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Weren’t the Woody Allen ’70s the height of neurosis, with their five-days-a-week analysis sessions and encounter groups?
    — Alex Williams, New York Times, 10 June 2017
  • But the NFL is also a reflection of the worst parts of America, and its neuroses and pathologies.
    — Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 11 Aug. 2017
  • The dark brings its own madness and neurosis to some characters.
    — Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2024
  • This isn’t to say that good-looking people don’t have the same issues, the neuroses and awkwardness that plague us mortals.
    — Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2020
  • David, on the other hand, has a Lennonish habit of opening the doors and inviting us in to explore the dank, weird corners of his mind, his neuroses and grievances.
    — Kyle Smith, National Review, 20 Mar. 2020
  • The inversion of this neurosis is the anxiety of being read, the fear of wounding, and just as strong, the dread of being unmasked.
    — Moyra Davey, Harper's Magazine, 27 Apr. 2020
  • To ask questions is to be human; to obsess over the answers may be part of the neurosis that drives writers to their desks day after day.
    — Juan Vidal, latimes.com, 26 May 2017
  • Did Adam miss the memo that Hannah is a Tasmanian devil of neuroses?
    — Claire Howorth, Marie Claire, 10 Mar. 2014
  • And there are more obvious missions for these pets, who all need to overcome their own neurosis.
    — Blake Bakkila, Good Housekeeping, 13 May 2019
  • For me, that meant self-assurance and an unwillingness to put up with any of the trivial neuroses (see above) that plagued my twenties.
    — Lindsey Tramuta, Glamour, 22 Sep. 2017
  • He was known for turning his personal neuroses – and struggles – into the focus of his act.
    — Dan Heching, CNN, 28 Feb. 2024
  • What are the qualities that Robyn finds endearing about Dave, given all his neuroses?
    — Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 1 June 2023
  • Electronic music has always inspired this kind of neurosis over the status of the human, a fear of the cyborg.
    — Will Stephenson, Harper's Magazine, 15 Sep. 2020
  • All that said — truth to tell — the show is actually quite compelling in its own messiness, not least because the piece carries its own neuroses on its sleeve.
    — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 26 Mar. 2018
  • The protagonist’s problem is a stand-in for the author’s neurosis.
    — Min Jin Lee, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2018
  • Hoffa, for all his windy belligerence, is also petty to the point of neurosis.
    — New York Times, 27 Sep. 2019
  • The Committee was worried this week that the news was so damned grim that finding a Top Commenter of the Week would be a slog through the shebeen’s collective neuroses, which are many and varied.
    — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 26 Jan. 2018
  • So bring your friendship bracelets, your earplugs (if necessary) and your biggest, most nagging neuroses.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Part of the fun — and responsibility — of raising a small human is discovering all of this for the first time, neuroses and all.
    — Carla Bruce-Eddings, The Cut, 13 Oct. 2017
  • Lord and Miller use this episode’s films-within-a-show to prod at the neuroses of their characters, along with their own cinematic obsessions.
    — Paul Schrodt, Vulture, 23 May 2023

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