Example Sentences

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Were people who claimed that the world was making them sick just a bunch of hypochondriacs?

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

No. I have a couple hypochondriacs in my house, so I let them deal with that.

From Salon • Dec. 14, 2022

The condition is so unusual, patients are often misdiagnosed or dismissed as hypochondriacs.

From Washington Post • Dec. 27, 2021

There’s the thief and his dolt of a sidekick, ironically nicknamed “the Brain”; a newly arrived doctor faced with a daily parade of petty hypochondriacs; and a barber who doubles as a D.I.Y. dentist.

From New York Times • Jul. 30, 2021

Like most hypochondriacs, he had an oddly soothing bedside manner.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt