hypochondriac
Example Sentences
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She’s this little hypochondriac, I mean, but it makes sense.
From Salon • Nov. 2, 2025
Doctors “called me a hypochondriac and said it was just anxiety and depression,” said Hannah Powell, a 26-year-old Utah woman who went undiagnosed for five years.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 7, 2023
“That’s surely anxiety-inducing for anybody, never mind a huge hypochondriac like myself.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 27, 2023
The novel follows a young English woman who takes her hypochondriac mother to a clinic in Spain in search of a cure.
From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2023
He was also—perhaps as a result—something of a hypochondriac.
From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
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