How to Use hypochondriac in a Sentence
hypochondriac
noun- My brother is a real hypochondriac. Every time he reads about some new disease, he thinks he has it.
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As seen on the show, Todd is somewhat of a hypochondriac.
—Eileen Reslen, Country Living, 24 Aug. 2020
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Austen knew as well as anybody that, in the long run, hypochondriacs aren’t wrong.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2017
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Don’t worry about seeming like a pain or a hypochondriac.
—Essence, 2 Oct. 2021
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Jack Grazer did kind of like this fawning, fast-talking hypochondriac.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, baltimoresun.com, 3 Sep. 2019
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Kimberly’s pregnant mother is a hypochondriac; her best friend, Seth, loves anagrams and plays the tuba; and her aunt is trying to persuade her to commit some white-collar crimes.
—Diep Tran, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2022
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Sidney is a dashing antihero and Arthur a reserved hypochondriac.
—Sarah Midkiff, refinery29.com, 13 Jan. 2020
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As with any adaptation, the script takes liberties: As Emma's hypochondriac father, Bill Nighy is sprightly, very nearly froggy.
—Ted Scheinman, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Mar. 2020
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To any of you who are suffering with anything, go to a doctor, pay for a specialist; get your hormones tested, get allergy testing; keep on top of how your body is feeling and don't worry about sounding like a hypochondriac.
—Evin Billington, Health.com, 14 Dec. 2017
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Though prone to sniffles and accidents — a bit of a hypochondriac, his friends affectionately allowed — his work and travel schedule showed his amazing stamina, year after year.
—Grant Wacker, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2018
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Alina Alcantara gives hippo Gloria a pleasing mix of sass and motherly affection, Bryan Jager does his best nebbish routine as the hypochondriac giraffe.
—Matthew J. Palm, OrlandoSentinel.com, 7 Mar. 2018
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Instead of Williams’ crippled shut-in Laura fussing over her glass figurines in the absence of a husband or happy future, Durang’s version features Lawrence, a hypochondriac who prizes his collection of cocktail swizzle sticks.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Nov. 2021
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Smartphones are a modern hypochondriac’s favorite scapegoat: They’ve been blamed for our trouble sleeping, socializing, and focusing.
—Katherine Ellen Foley, Quartz, 22 June 2019
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It was written by Robert Hooke, then a 30-year-old hunchbacked, cantankerous, neurotic hypochondriac who was also a brilliant natural scientist, polymath and an original fellow of the society that published the book.
—Paul Falkowski, Discover Magazine, 29 Apr. 2015
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Goosed along by Cliff Martinez’s ghostly electronic score, Soderbergh taps into our collective inner hypochondriac, making every character’s sniffle or rubbed eye bristle with potential danger.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 7 July 2021
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His victims, outcasts all, are paper-thin characters barely defined beyond signature characteristics: One stutters, another is fat, another is a hypochondriac, yet another is a curse machine.
—Soren Andersen, The Seattle Times, 6 Sep. 2017
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People with traditionally hypochondriac tendencies usually have generalized anxiety about illnesses and symptoms, rather than about one particular disease.
—Jamie Ducharme, Time, 27 Feb. 2020
- My brother is a real hypochondriac. Every time he reads about some new disease, he thinks he has it.
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As seen on the show, Todd is somewhat of a hypochondriac.
—Eileen Reslen, Country Living, 24 Aug. 2020
-
Austen knew as well as anybody that, in the long run, hypochondriacs aren’t wrong.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2017
-
Don’t worry about seeming like a pain or a hypochondriac.
—Essence, 2 Oct. 2021
-
Jack Grazer did kind of like this fawning, fast-talking hypochondriac.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, baltimoresun.com, 3 Sep. 2019
-
Kimberly’s pregnant mother is a hypochondriac; her best friend, Seth, loves anagrams and plays the tuba; and her aunt is trying to persuade her to commit some white-collar crimes.
—Diep Tran, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2022
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Sidney is a dashing antihero and Arthur a reserved hypochondriac.
—Sarah Midkiff, refinery29.com, 13 Jan. 2020
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As with any adaptation, the script takes liberties: As Emma's hypochondriac father, Bill Nighy is sprightly, very nearly froggy.
—Ted Scheinman, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Mar. 2020
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To any of you who are suffering with anything, go to a doctor, pay for a specialist; get your hormones tested, get allergy testing; keep on top of how your body is feeling and don't worry about sounding like a hypochondriac.
—Evin Billington, Health.com, 14 Dec. 2017
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Though prone to sniffles and accidents — a bit of a hypochondriac, his friends affectionately allowed — his work and travel schedule showed his amazing stamina, year after year.
—Grant Wacker, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2018
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Alina Alcantara gives hippo Gloria a pleasing mix of sass and motherly affection, Bryan Jager does his best nebbish routine as the hypochondriac giraffe.
—Matthew J. Palm, OrlandoSentinel.com, 7 Mar. 2018
-
Instead of Williams’ crippled shut-in Laura fussing over her glass figurines in the absence of a husband or happy future, Durang’s version features Lawrence, a hypochondriac who prizes his collection of cocktail swizzle sticks.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Nov. 2021
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Smartphones are a modern hypochondriac’s favorite scapegoat: They’ve been blamed for our trouble sleeping, socializing, and focusing.
—Katherine Ellen Foley, Quartz, 22 June 2019
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