paranoid

Example Sentences

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She was reduced to a "paranoid" state, the court heard.

From BBC

He declined to provide his ID and then became paranoid, asking whether the store intended to track him and falsely saying that he was not from America, authorities said.

From Los Angeles Times

But she said: "It could equally play further into the hands of a regime that is paranoid and this would build further unity and propel them to crack down further."

From Barron's

Nesbitt, overheated, paranoid, jealous — it can become as tiring to the viewer as it is to the people around him — will get many things wrong before anyone sets him right.

From Los Angeles Times

These businesses were picked almost certainly because Shirley and his colleagues have tapped into the long-standing tendency of paranoid reactionaries to make day cares the subject of conspiracy theories.

From Salon