claustrophobic

Example Sentences

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Ridley Scott’s sci-fi horror classic, which won the Academy Award for visual effects and spawned an enduring franchise, turns the commercial towing vessel Nostromo — essentially a tug-hauling cargo ship — into something claustrophobic and unforgiving.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s become much too easy to recede into the claustrophobic containers of our depression-inducing screens.

From Los Angeles Times

Once production began, the physical reality of the claustrophobic set quickly took a psychological toll, Larkin says.

From BBC

"I'm quite uncomfortable with accents in general - they kind of hinder me, and I feel quite claustrophobic," she said, adding "Brummie was never a conversation."

From BBC

Maybe, on top of everything else, he truly was claustrophobic.

From Literature