How to Use codependency in a Sentence

codependency

noun

• It’s just one small aspect of a show that’s a love story about addiction and codependency and all kinds of things.
  — Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 3 June 2021
• There’s a lot of codependency, possibly both good and bad.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Dec. 2022
• Remember, our best-selling course is back to support you with codependency, go to crushcodependency.com to join us!
  — Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful, 19 Oct. 2020
• So is the crazy codependency and memory-lane madness that seemed to fuel their one-of-a-kind dynamic.
  — Gary Goldstein, latimes.com, 24 May 2018
• Sometimes there is a chronic level of codependency, which can be a force of nature so strong that 12-step groups have been formed to help people escape its grip.
  — Melanie Hamlett, Harper's BAZAAR, 7 Dec. 2020
• Someone really needs to chat with her about her codependency on her 13-year-old babysitter.
  — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2021
• Sometimes, family and friends need to seek help for codependency.
  — Michelle Pugle, Health, 23 Jan. 2023
• The vast majority of answers to help columns such as yours could point people to self-help programs on codependency.
  — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 4 Apr. 2021
• They are trapped in codependency, addicted to the approval of people who are addicted to the power of withholding it.
  — Daniel Lee, WSJ, 12 Mar. 2021
• George isn’t in the closet anymore, but that only clears the table for some new issues, including her harmful streak of codependency.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2021
• But life, of course, is not so simple, and rarely has codependency been chronicled with such precision, such poignancy.
  — Vogue, 29 May 2021
• Sarah Jo and Treina are trapped in a bubble of affection and a private cult of triangular codependency, one that’s centered on tales of men but that excludes them.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2022
• In the comedy variant of that sub-genre, the one-liners are as frequent as the explosions, and every altercation serves as code for bro-y codependency.
  — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 3 May 2021
• High functioning codependency is being overly invested in the feeling states, the decisions, the outcomes of the people in your sphere.
  — Forbes, 11 May 2021
• But Moore began to put her life back together, going to rehab for trauma, codependency and substance abuse.
  — Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 20 Sep. 2019
• In Kiesel’s case, looking after her brother as a kid has led to a tenuous and chaotic relationship with him over the years, fraught with bouts of estrangement and codependency.
  — Cindy Lamothe, The Atlantic, 26 Oct. 2017
• For some of you, this is releasing codependency on people, situations, or patterns that no longer serve you.
  — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2023
• For some of you, this is releasing codependency on people, situations, or patterns that no longer serve you.
  — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Nov. 2023
• Breaking a destructive codependency is so hard, sometimes others must strike the first severing blow for you.
  — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 30 Dec. 2022
• The Shields women had a codependency that forced young Brooke into an early maturity.
  — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 21 Jan. 2023
• Therapy at this point should focus on your own coping skills, as well as exploring concepts such as codependency.
  — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2019
• People with poor boundaries usually have a high level of neediness (or in psych terms, codependency) and tend to struggle with the thought of rejection or being disliked.
  — Stina Sanders, refinery29.com, 21 July 2021
• In subsequent years, codependency rhetoric moved from the addiction field into mainstream self-help culture.
  — Elissa Strauss, The Atlantic, 25 Feb. 2024
• The two actors grew closer as filming went on, developing a friendship that bordered on codependency.
  — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 10 Aug. 2022
• Julio struggles with codependency in both his family and his on-off relationship with his high school sweetheart Maggie (Michelle Ortiz).
  — Bethonie Butler, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2022
• While codependency and social development is a challenge, now is a good time for people to address heart matters and redefine success.
  — Pauleanna Reid, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2021
• That, plus shop owners’ dependence on artists’ rent, creates a fascinating codependency, says Sai Li, a local tattoo artist who is opening her own shop this summer.
  — Carly Stern, SFChronicle.com, 30 June 2020
• But codependency is not a clinical diagnosis, and has been defined in many different ways.
  — Sara Kuburic, USA TODAY, 9 Feb. 2022
• Ledger plays Dan, capturing the codependency and delusion of the character with devastating effect.
  — Francisco Guzman and Saeed Ahmed, CNN, 22 Jan. 2020
• This can hold you back from mutually fulfilling relationships—and is also a trait of codependency.
  — Sharon Kwon, SELF, 6 Aug. 2022

Last Updated: 31 Jul 2024