paranoid

Example Sentences

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The girl said Samuels looked "paranoid" when they were in public together and she felt like she was being "hidden".

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

Foreign policy analysts would normally consider distraction to be a lazy and unprofessional explanation for major actions like wars, if not a symptom of paranoid conspiracy thinking.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

A person may also become extremely confused and paranoid, easily upset, moody and irritable.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 3, 2026

“Only the paranoid survive,” added Lake, who is among the leaders viewed as a potential successor to Dimon.

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026

Mustafa told me I was being paranoid, since they had no idea who I was, and vice versa.

From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan