How to Use psychoanalyze in a Sentence
psychoanalyze
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Writers gathered in a room to psychoanalyze the storyline of each episode before one of them would lay down words in a script.
—Michael Granberry, Dallas News, 1 Apr. 2020
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And President Carter, with his Malaise Speech in the late '70s, he was always psychoanalyzed by some of his critics.
—NBC News, 22 Oct. 2017
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The men were too busy fondling fenders and stroking steering wheels to psychoanalyze themselves.
—Glenn Garvin, miamiherald, 18 June 2017
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My partner considers her a killjoy who psychoanalyzes him too much; others in our group have complained about her mooching.
—Mallory Ortberg, Slate Magazine, 3 Aug. 2017
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Over the course of After Kathy Acker, Kraus has been inside her diaries, burrowed inside her friendships, psychoanalyzed and praised a little and recorded much.
—Josephine Livingstone, New Republic, 14 Sep. 2017
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All the people psychoanalyzing Grande's ring or her recent trips to Disneyland and furniture stores can calm down.
—Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 21 June 2018
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If Sigmund Freud were to psychoanalyze the Jazz, the good doctor would pronounce them mentally and emotionally whole.
—Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Jan. 2021
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Within the span of two minutes, these people had psychoanalyzed my porn habits and actually taught me something about myself.
—Suzannah Weiss, Glamour, 30 Oct. 2017
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Fourth, looking beyond the four corners of the policy, the court throws out the policy by psychoanalyzing the commander-in-chief based on his tweets, cable-news interviews, and even campaign statements.
—Josh Blackman, National Review, 11 Oct. 2017
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Having the ability to psychoanalyze and relate to others while experiencing some of your first traumatic moments is no easy task.
—Zane Pickett, Forbes, 13 May 2021
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More critically, the claim that our current crisis has economic roots does not rest on psychoanalyzing the Trumpen proletariat.
—Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer, 23 May 2018
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Art lovers may have to transform their analysis of art—spending hours interpreting a stylistic choice or psychoanalyzing a creator’s intent—when such questions of intent are put to the black box of an artificial neural network.
—Gabriel Nicholas, Slate Magazine, 11 Dec. 2017
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Shaun is a supermom who’s always one barefoot step ahead of the opportunistic crew, led by Eddie (Billy Burke), who spends more time psychoanalyzing her than actually getting anything done.
—Katie Walsh, kansascity, 10 May 2018
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Most biographers would be tempted to use these incidents to psychoanalyze Paul Simon, probing for inner traumas and deep-seated neuroses.
—Ted Gioia, WSJ, 3 May 2018
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The film privileges Shaun as a supermom who's always one barefoot step ahead of the opportunistic crew, led by Eddie (Billy Burke), who spends more time psychoanalyzing her than actually getting anything done.
—Katie Walsh, latimes.com, 10 May 2018
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Frum does not attempt to psychoanalyze Trump, but the author pointedly identifies his shortcomings, especially his one-way view of loyalty.
—John Diaz, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Jan. 2018
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That worries employees who are wary of being psychoanalyzed by software, and some employment lawyers fret that AI programs might contain biases that could lead to workplace discrimination.
—Imani Moise, WSJ, 28 Mar. 2018
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Ugh, this is just getting tedious: Now Becca's psychoanalyzing Arie and Lauren's relationship.
—Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 6 Mar. 2018
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There is often little use in psychoanalyzing Donald Trump: His behavior is so erratic, his thinking so shallow that any definitive assertion about his character or temperament is disproven within minutes.
—Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 27 Aug. 2019
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Gordon is a profiler, like detectives who specialize in studying and psychoanalyzing serial killers and other dangerous criminals.
—Michelle Delio, WIRED, 29 May 2001
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