Example Sentences

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His famously long tables became symbols of both political distance and germophobia.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

They obtained paperwork from Ramos’s apartment building citing his dirty kitchen, which she used to contradict the defense’s argument that germophobia was evidence of his mental illness.

From Washington Post • Sep. 24, 2021

There was also a cutesy sidebar by Katie Rogers about Trump's self-declared germophobia.

From Salon • Feb. 27, 2020

Noting that his obsessions and germophobia were sealing Lanza off from mainstream activities, the psychiatrist said Lanza was faced with “increasing social withdrawal and reclusiveness.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2018

An accomplished neurotic in his own right — he has been public about his medication history and his anxieties, including an occasionally crippling germophobia — he seems like Dunham’s perfect match.

From New York Times • Sep. 10, 2014