Example Sentences

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She’s convincingly vacant and content as Zosia, a woman brainwashed by an alien virus.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

In a totalitarian sci-fi world, a hammer thrown by a young athlete smashes a "Big Brother" figure declaiming to brainwashed citizens from a vast screen.

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

Mark Harris realized that his father and Freeman had brainwashed him.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

She said: "Technologies are advancing and becoming more complex and almost controlling. Some people could be brainwashed into thinking some things that are not real."

From BBC • Jul. 22, 2025

But the importance and happiness of the wonder of this planet has been brainwashed out of them.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera