neurotic
Example Sentences
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Germany is uniquely neurotic about debt and about unsound money.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
Arsenal’s quest to end a two-decade dry spell hasn’t exactly been helped by one of the most neurotic fan bases in Europe.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026
And while Jerry’s perfectionism had a toll on their creative process, it also fueled it, making way for more neurotic characters that Anne could play straight against.
From Salon • Oct. 18, 2025
Fans might argue they should be a bit more neurotic; screenplay structuralists will grumble they have no narrative arc.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2025
I’ve been as saving as an exceptionally neurotic magpie all my life, and I still have the next-to-the-last draft of the letter I wrote to Sister Irma that June night in 1939.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
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