How to Use phobia in a Sentence
phobia
noun- His fear of crowds eventually developed into a phobia.
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Still, Game of Thrones might take the cake for spoiler-phobia.
— Laura Bradley, HWD, 11 July 2017 -
All this is bad enough abroad but obscene when the Soros-phobia migrates to the USA.
— Trudy Rubin, Philly.com, 1 June 2018 -
Lotus pods are one of the most well-known triggers of this phobia.
— Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 13 Sep. 2017 -
Just like me, about 9 percent of adults in the U.S. lived with a specific phobia in the last year.
— Agata Boxe, Discover Magazine, 9 Sep. 2019 -
The company looked at each state’s most searched phobia over the past year.
— Lavendrick Smith, charlotteobserver, 20 Oct. 2017 -
About 19 million people in the U.S. have at least one phobia.
— Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 28 Oct. 2021 -
All that other stuff is learned — all that phobia and hatred and fear is taught.
— Christina Schoellkopf, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 May 2017 -
By confronting the source of his fear in a safe setting, the person learns to manage that phobia.
— Markham Heid, Time, 23 May 2018 -
Banish you phobia of Brussels sprouts with this tasty and easy recipe.
— Country Living, 1 Sep. 2010 -
My wife and our 12-year-old daughter both find opossums and my phobia adorable.
— René A. Guzman, ExpressNews.com, 4 Aug. 2020 -
Just seeing a photo of a snake is enough to trigger my phobia.
— By Susan Vollenweider, kansascity.com, 9 May 2017 -
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 -
My phobia also seemed to go beyond just a fear of falling.
— Ilana Strauss, SELF, 9 July 2018 -
Many of the most common phobias, from flying to heights, come out when people travel.
— Alyson Krueger, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 June 2019 -
To those of us who would like our language to be a bit more concise than a dog’s bark, a phobia is an irrational fear.
— James Lileks, National Review, 11 July 2019 -
In the beginning of the episode, Rebecca's phobia of bridges is revealed.
— Eileen Reslen, Good Housekeeping, 7 Feb. 2018 -
For someone who was once afraid of flying, Danny Ramirez sure picks projects that force him to push through his phobia on screen.
— Brett Williams, Men's Health, 17 May 2022 -
The phobia affects hundreds of thousands of people in the United States alone.
— Jennifer Billock, Good Housekeeping, 20 Jan. 2022 -
Like a real, actual, have-to-get-out-of-the-car, have-to-leave-the-situation phobia.
— Jessica Bennett, BostonGlobe.com, 3 May 2018 -
He was ridden with phobias of death, darkness, and open spaces.
— Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 6 June 2018 -
Fears don’t get much more false than today’s rising-rate phobia.
— Ken Fisher, USA TODAY, 10 June 2018 -
There’s no need to keep your phobia a secret and suffer in silence, Sawhne stresses.
— Angela Haupt, TIME, 22 May 2024 -
Having reviewed a photo of the art, this court sides with Nathan: This thing is a rat king of writhing, entwined phobia triggers.
— Judge John Hodgman, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2018 -
The city now has a plan that could curb some of this tourism phobia, while also helping with adaptation to climate change.
— Laura Millan, Fortune Europe, 13 Jan. 2024 -
To fully immerse the viewer in her phobia, naturally, Bell was placed in the rain... a lot.
— Lauren Huff, EW.com, 28 Jan. 2022 -
Part of the reason for this phobia being so common is the rapid growth of the aviation industry.
— Olivia Morelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Mar. 2024 -
My mother-in-law has an instinctive hatred for dogs that seems like a phobia.
— Sahaj Kaur Kohli, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Mar. 2023 -
But how the song fits into the dramatic arc of Bobbie’s commitment phobia isn’t easy to discern.
— Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2024 -
Woozy is billed as a movie that tells of unhealthy coping mechanisms and the battle against fears, depression, phobias, and delusions.
— Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 2 Aug. 2024
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