Example Sentences

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She became hypomanic and had depression and anxiety.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026

“If they have bipolar, they still have hypomanic episodes, manic episodes, depressive episodes,” she said.

From Slate • Sep. 29, 2024

A hypomanic person does not listen to anybody.

From Salon • Nov. 18, 2019

If she had coffee with someone and became too excited and talkative, she thought, Oh, my God, I might be hypomanic right now.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 1, 2019

Such tendencies naturally lead over to frank hypomanic behavior.

From Benign Stupors A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type by MacCurdy, John T. (John Thompson)