How to Use agoraphobic in a Sentence

agoraphobic

adjective
  • When Lemon’s agoraphobic mother dies suddenly, five-year-old Lemon goes outside for the first time in search of her father.
    Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2020
  • The series follows Ataru Aida, an agoraphobic young man who is fired from his job and takes his frustrations out on the internet.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 6 Dec. 2022
  • Amy Adams signed on to play agoraphobic child psychologist Anna Fox in 2018.
    Annabel Gutterman, Time, 14 May 2021
  • The question is never answered by Midge, my agoraphobic chihuahua, but the answer is obvious.
    Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 29 July 2021
  • Adams is fine as the agoraphobic psychologist who apparently witnesses a murder in the Harlem brownstone across the street from her, but aside from a few nice set pieces the film feels weirdly inert and tellingly dumbed down.
    Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 21 May 2021
  • The Woman in the Window stars Amy Adams as an agoraphobic doctor who witnesses something horrible while keeping tabs on the seemingly perfect family that lives across the street.
    Travis Bean, Forbes, 10 May 2021
  • Its agoraphobic heroine, a psychologist named Anna (Adams), spends every day in sleepwear, drinking, abusing prescription meds and watching old black-and-white movies on TV.
    Chris Hewitt, Star Tribune, 13 May 2021
  • Jimmy Choo and others are also indulging newly agoraphobic patrons with one-on-one, appointment-only shopping slots.
    Drew Hutchinson, Bloomberg.com, 3 Aug. 2020
  • The experience can be difficult for the heat-susceptible, agoraphobic, the frail or very young; Mecca during the Hajj is often stifling hot, humid and beyond overcrowded.
    Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 5 Jan. 2012
  • Bullock plays Loretta Sage, a romance novelist and frustrated academic who has become borderline agoraphobic after the death of her husband.
    Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2022
  • Many agoraphobic individuals are essentially homebound, crippled by their anxiety.
    John Duffy, CNN, 9 Apr. 2021
  • When Lemon’s agoraphobic mother dies suddenly, five-year-old Lemon goes outside for the first time in search of her father.
    Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2020
  • The series follows Ataru Aida, an agoraphobic young man who is fired from his job and takes his frustrations out on the internet.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 6 Dec. 2022
  • Amy Adams signed on to play agoraphobic child psychologist Anna Fox in 2018.
    Annabel Gutterman, Time, 14 May 2021
  • The question is never answered by Midge, my agoraphobic chihuahua, but the answer is obvious.
    Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 29 July 2021
  • Adams is fine as the agoraphobic psychologist who apparently witnesses a murder in the Harlem brownstone across the street from her, but aside from a few nice set pieces the film feels weirdly inert and tellingly dumbed down.
    Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 21 May 2021
  • The Woman in the Window stars Amy Adams as an agoraphobic doctor who witnesses something horrible while keeping tabs on the seemingly perfect family that lives across the street.
    Travis Bean, Forbes, 10 May 2021
  • Its agoraphobic heroine, a psychologist named Anna (Adams), spends every day in sleepwear, drinking, abusing prescription meds and watching old black-and-white movies on TV.
    Chris Hewitt, Star Tribune, 13 May 2021
  • Jimmy Choo and others are also indulging newly agoraphobic patrons with one-on-one, appointment-only shopping slots.
    Drew Hutchinson, Bloomberg.com, 3 Aug. 2020
  • The experience can be difficult for the heat-susceptible, agoraphobic, the frail or very young; Mecca during the Hajj is often stifling hot, humid and beyond overcrowded.
    Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 5 Jan. 2012
  • Bullock plays Loretta Sage, a romance novelist and frustrated academic who has become borderline agoraphobic after the death of her husband.
    Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2022
  • Many agoraphobic individuals are essentially homebound, crippled by their anxiety.
    John Duffy, CNN, 9 Apr. 2021

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