paranoid
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Jenny became "very paranoid", searching her home for recording devices, keeping curtains closed and checking friends and family's phones to see if they were speaking to journalists.
From BBC
Struthers’s advice: Don’t be paranoid, but do be attentive and proactive.
He became increasingly paranoid, wrongly believing he was being listened to by his phone and computer, and terrified someone was out to get him.
From BBC
“It went from him being a little paranoid and an odd guy to having some crazy thoughts he was convinced were true because of what he talked to ChatGPT about.”
“Our goal is to be actually paranoid about deployment because obviously, even one accident will be front-page headline news worldwide,” Musk said on the call.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
