How to Use claustrophobia in a Sentence

claustrophobia

noun

• She doesn't go in elevators because of her claustrophobia.
• The novel’s sense of claustrophobia and dread left me afraid to turn off the light.
  — Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2023
• The claustrophobia is matched only by the dizzying sight of the smoke itself.
  — James Ross Gardner, The New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2020
• And somewhere along the way, the idea of the caving trip came into it — and then the claustrophobia, the creatures, all of that fell into place.
  — Rachel Handler, Vulture, 24 Feb. 2021
• This adds to Toni, Franz and Bo’s feelings of claustrophobia.
  — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 19 Dec. 2023
• Raking light and a vertical zip of sky open up the claustrophobia of the city to distant dreams.
  — Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2021
• Not claustrophobia, because my fear has nothing to do with the size of the space, but just not being able to get out of a place freaks me out.
  — Leslie Anne Tarabella, AL.com, 2 Apr. 2018
• And for those with claustrophobia or fear of being locked in, the rooms always have one unlocked door and are not cramped or small.
  — Jerod MacDonald-Evoy, azcentral, 2 June 2018
• The haunt will be zero-contact this year, so there will be no screens or claustrophobia bags this fall.
  — Briana Rice, The Enquirer, 27 Aug. 2020
• That claustrophobia from those harsh tight spaces has stuck with her all these years.
  — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 11 June 2020
• When the deck hit a population of about 30, claustrophobia kicked in for me.
  — Dewayne Bevil, OrlandoSentinel.com, 22 Mar. 2018
• The tour issues from her 2022 album of the same name, a dance record born out of a need to escape the ennui and claustrophobia of the pandemic’s prime time.
  — Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2023
• Except for a few scenes, most of the movie takes place in the forest, feeding a subconscious sense of claustrophobia.
  — Travis Deshong, chicagotribune.com, 10 Aug. 2019
• Like many projects released after March 2020, Dawn FM is a foil to the claustrophobia many are feeling.
  — Waiss David Aramesh, Rolling Stone, 28 Feb. 2022
• The desk, a thin shelf squeezed between the bed and the bathroom, creates a bit of claustrophobia because the space is so tight, and the headboard partly blocks the window view.
  — Kathryn B. Creedy, latimes.com, 23 June 2019
• The insides are drum-shaped, painted white as if that might relieve the claustrophobia, and fitted with petal-like seats.
  — Alexandra Lange, Curbed, 28 June 2018
• While adding to the claustrophobia of the sets, working on these soundstages ended up being a bit like theater.
  — Sezin Devi Koehler, EW.com, 25 May 2024
• Great fun for those with a sense of adventure, not for those who suffer from claustrophobia.
  — Glasgow, USA TODAY, 13 June 2019
• With a sliding door and a curtain, the pods can be closed for privacy (but not locked, which is probably for the best in terms of claustrophobia).
  — Julia Carmel, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2023
• The setting adds factors of claustrophobia and isolation to the suspense of the scenario.
  — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 14 June 2018
• A week in prison for someone with claustrophobia seems a more serious punishment than for the rest of us.
  — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 12 June 2024
• Now, Seligman has returned to Austin to cash the rain check with a new comedy, which trades the claustrophobia of their debut for a much broader blast of chaos.
  — A.a. Dowd, Chron, 12 Mar. 2023
• There's things about his claustrophobia and this loneliness to him.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 17 Sep. 2021
• The need to escape the psychic claustrophobia of technology looms large on this record, too.
  — Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2021
• Besides these, the bathroom and kitchen are filled with sculptural counters and islands that mostly add to the claustrophobia.
  — Curbed, 8 Sep. 2022
• Either space will more often than not require a wait and has the potential to send those who are claustrophobia-inclined over the edge.
  — Lindsey McClave, The Courier-Journal, 30 Aug. 2017
• Those with fears of claustrophobia and drowning should steel themselves.
  — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 19 July 2017
• With its searing monologues and insular tensions, the adaptation has the feel and pace of a filmed play, but its claustrophobia is part of its life force.
  — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2020
• Watching the film again in our time of the coronavirus, there’s much that resonates: the claustrophobia of that submarine, the fear of airborne contagion.
  — The New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2020
• Though shot in Cinemascope, it’s defined by a sense of claustrophobia.
  — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 21 Nov 2024