claustrophobia

Example Sentences

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But add in the claustrophobia of the rivals being in the same engineering meetings and team briefings, balancing race strategies, and the intensity only increases.

From BBC

“Inside the bunker,” he continued, “we wanted to create claustrophobia. So a lot of the shots are quite close, quite dark.”

From New York Times

Visually, in its composition there are these wide shots in which Farrow is framed within frames, and you feel a combination of loneliness and psychic claustrophobia.

From New York Times

Mike's escape from death or serious injury was partly down to his refusal to sleep "in the guts of the ship" the night before, owning to his claustrophobia.

From BBC

He added seats repurposed from the Neil Simon Theatre to add extra rows, compressing the set and increasing the feeling of claustrophobia in the audience.

From Seattle Times