claustrophobia
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
And many women may choose to decline MRI because of claustrophobia or other reasons.
From Scientific American
Willa and Justin exist in their own oppressive bubble of loss and dread, which imbues the narrative with a hopeless claustrophobia, like two captives who have given up looking for escape.
From New York Times
“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
"He was saying, 'Get me out of here quickly, I've got claustrophobia'."
From Reuters
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.