psych
Example Sentences
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Jonah expected the other kids to begin shouting out, “Time travel? What are you talking about? Are you nuts?” or “The ripple? The paradox? Yeah, right. Try the psych ward!”
From Literature
“The Housemaid” initially appears to have those trappings, slowly revealing that Nina is on a steady cocktail of antipsychotics after a trip to the psych ward.
From Salon
"I'll psych her out a little bit - she won't admit it but I can see her coming apart at the seams already..."
From BBC
“You’ve got to kind of, not psych yourself up,” she says, “but you’ve got to fake it till you make it.”
From Los Angeles Times
They are often taught to Psych 101 students as both a fascinating discovery about visual processing and a cautionary tale about unwarranted assumptions of universality.
From Slate
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