Example Sentences

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The start of next year will mark 30 years since the release of Trainspotting and Carlyle's iconic performance as the sociopathic Francis Begbie.

From BBC • Sep. 18, 2025

More recently, he ventured into the world of television, playing the sociopathic John Meehan in the first season of the anthology series “Dirty John.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2025

That’s because people who are not sociopathic just can’t believe that pure sociopathy exists.

From Slate • Oct. 29, 2024

Two doctors found that Barnes had symptoms of personality disorder with “borderline antisocial and sociopathic features.”

From Seattle Times • Aug. 2, 2023

This is not an entirely unreasonable or sociopathic perception.

From The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier by Sterling, Bruce