Example Sentences

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Storr acknowledged that Dr. Janov had “made a lot of neurotics feel better,” but he attributed the success essentially to the power of suggestion.

From Washington Post • Oct. 4, 2017

They attack the very shelter nature had given them, something neurotics of all animal classes can relate to.

From Slate • Feb. 13, 2017

These characters, a collection of lonely hearts and neurotics, are meant to be exaggerated types, but the portraits could do with a bit of comic subtlety.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2016

This is, after all, a family of neurotics whose relatively easy lives are ruled by vague dissatisfaction.

From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2016

Dora had handled plenty of neurotics in her time.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck