neurotic

Example Sentences

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Germany is uniquely neurotic about debt and about unsound money.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Jonny Greenwood returned, roaring, with his music for swarming strings and neurotic piano in “One Battle After Another.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2025

Freud believed the drive to collect was neurotic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

And while Jerry’s perfectionism had a toll on their creative process, it also fueled it, making way for more neurotic characters that Anne could play straight against.

From Salon • Oct. 18, 2025

It’s Saturday and the time has come to leave my free lodgings and neurotic avian roommate.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich