oversensitivity
Example Sentences
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This was in keeping with his oversensitivity on the this issue since day one.
From Slate • Sep. 18, 2023
An extraneous burden to my team, a mark of my oversensitivity they could ridicule later in the resident’s room over lunch.
From Washington Post • Oct. 4, 2019
My difficulty regulating emotions and oversensitivity attracted bullies.
From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2016
It is advisable not to insult people, as in the case of a white author wearing a sombrero to make her point about cultural oversensitivity.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2016
“Frailness and oversensitivity from my mother. A fat liver from Stew. And all those old rugs.”
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
