Example Sentences

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It’s also still Pynchon, in all his goofy paranoiac glory.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2025

Novelists have always been entranced with the seedier side of show business, from Michael Tolkin’s classic “The Player” to Theodore Roszak’s paranoiac “Flicker” to Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s devilish “Silver Nitrate.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2024

Tony Thomas was a paranoiac, Dr Shepherd said, who thought the world and events were centred around him.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2023

You don’t have to be a paranoiac, because sometimes dread-inducing combinations and schemes do yield horrific results.

From New York Times • Nov. 26, 2020

“Would you stop being paranoiac, woman? They were here just last week; how can they come again this week? Need I remind you that we’re not the only people living in Alexandra?”

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane