hear voices
Example Sentences
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Gucci Mane said that during episodes of what he called “psychosis,” he would hear voices speaking ill about people in his close circles.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2025
“We should have the opposite. And I hope that we continue to hear voices around the country that speak into this moment for the sake of our kids and our grandkids.”
From Salon • May 6, 2025
In evidence, Irwin, of George Street, described suffering from paranoid schizophrenia, which caused him to hear voices and hallucinate.
From BBC • Nov. 22, 2024
Many mysteries remain about the origins of hallucinations, but one hypothesis suggests that when people hear voices, they are hearing their own thoughts disguised as another person’s by a quirk of the brain.
From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2023
He could hear voices drifting through the archway from the bedchamber.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
