How to Use neurosis in a Sentence

neurosis

noun

• Morty is, as much as anyone can be, the straight man with a few neuroses.
  — Will Nevin, OregonLive.com, 30 May 2018
• Along the way, Holofcener pokes fun at the neuroses of her characters.
  — Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2023
• After all, the guy has been at it since 1977, and the neurosis has to wear out at some point.
  — Nick Vadala, Philly.com, 6 Sep. 2017
• But go ahead and wash his neurosis right out of your car, and send it on its way!
  — John Hodgman, New York Times, 9 June 2022
• The neurosis at the heart of the film is that of the military order itself.
  — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2020
• Susan, with all her fears and neuroses, would never have let a stranger in.
  — Lisa Depaulo, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2024
• Statham’s character is, we’re told, subject to a bunch of neuroses and phobias, none of which come in to play.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2023
• Ramis began to set aside time on the nights before Dangerfield’s scenes to cater to his star’s neuroses.
  — Chris Nashawaty, SI.com, 17 Apr. 2018
• Those neuroses are on full display in Nora From Queens.
  — Judy Berman, Time, 16 Jan. 2020
• At least All About Eve helped us to see that showbiz folly was based in private neuroses.
  — Armond White, National Review, 29 Mar. 2024
• Weren’t the Woody Allen ’70s the height of neurosis, with their five-days-a-week analysis sessions and encounter groups?
  — Alex Williams, New York Times, 10 June 2017
• But the NFL is also a reflection of the worst parts of America, and its neuroses and pathologies.
  — Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 11 Aug. 2017
• Almost all people have some sort of neurosis to talk over.
  — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 1 May 2024
• The dark brings its own madness and neurosis to some characters.
  — Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2024
• This isn’t to say that good-looking people don’t have the same issues, the neuroses and awkwardness that plague us mortals.
  — Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2020
• David, on the other hand, has a Lennonish habit of opening the doors and inviting us in to explore the dank, weird corners of his mind, his neuroses and grievances.
  — Kyle Smith, National Review, 20 Mar. 2020
• The inversion of this neurosis is the anxiety of being read, the fear of wounding, and just as strong, the dread of being unmasked.
  — Moyra Davey, Harper's Magazine, 27 Apr. 2020
• To ask questions is to be human; to obsess over the answers may be part of the neurosis that drives writers to their desks day after day.
  — Juan Vidal, latimes.com, 26 May 2017
• Did Adam miss the memo that Hannah is a Tasmanian devil of neuroses?
  — Claire Howorth, Marie Claire, 10 Mar. 2014
• And there are more obvious missions for these pets, who all need to overcome their own neurosis.
  — Blake Bakkila, Good Housekeeping, 13 May 2019
• For me, that meant self-assurance and an unwillingness to put up with any of the trivial neuroses (see above) that plagued my twenties.
  — Lindsey Tramuta, Glamour, 22 Sep. 2017
• He was known for turning his personal neuroses – and struggles – into the focus of his act.
  — Dan Heching, CNN, 28 Feb. 2024
• What are the qualities that Robyn finds endearing about Dave, given all his neuroses?
  — Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 1 June 2023
• Electronic music has always inspired this kind of neurosis over the status of the human, a fear of the cyborg.
  — Will Stephenson, Harper's Magazine, 15 Sep. 2020
• All that said — truth to tell — the show is actually quite compelling in its own messiness, not least because the piece carries its own neuroses on its sleeve.
  — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 26 Mar. 2018
• The protagonist’s problem is a stand-in for the author’s neurosis.
  — Min Jin Lee, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2018
• Hoffa, for all his windy belligerence, is also petty to the point of neurosis.
  — New York Times, 27 Sep. 2019
• The Committee was worried this week that the news was so damned grim that finding a Top Commenter of the Week would be a slog through the shebeen’s collective neuroses, which are many and varied.
  — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 26 Jan. 2018
• So bring your friendship bracelets, your earplugs (if necessary) and your biggest, most nagging neuroses.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 12 Oct. 2023
• Cassatt moves through her paintings without the touching neuroses of a James, without his curling smoke trails of clauses or qualifying commas.
  — Carlos Valladares, ARTnews.com, 27 June 2024

Last Updated: 4 Nov 2024