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Recent Examples of mental Your work/life balance could leave a lot to be desired, and remaining so unbalanced won't be good for your mental state in the long run. Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2023 Like Didion’s work, Bridgers’s lyrics capture her surroundings and mental state with rigorous precision. Vulture, 4 Apr. 2023 This being a competition, the endurance racers will also have to push through their hunger pangs, injuries and mental anguish to beat one another to the end. Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 3 Apr. 2023 Zwerner suffered permanent bodily injuries, physical pain, mental anguish, lost earnings and other damages, the lawsuit states. Denise Lavoie, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Apr. 2023 See All Example Sentences for mental
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mental
Adjective
  • Whether this occurred through external networking or internal conversations, matching the hiring department’s needs with a new team member can happen quicker than the job posting going live.
    Kate Wieczorek, Forbes.com, 1 Apr. 2025
  • While it is sometimes said that lowercase deaf is an audiometric or medicalized term, such a definition does not adequately capture the internal diversity of the roughly eleven million deaf people in the United States.
    Mara Mills, Artforum, 1 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The counselor also told police Trotman had had a previous psychotic break in which he was found wandering the woods.
    Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Lewis prescribed Price anti-psychotic medication after a mental health referral Sept. 1.
    Thomas Saccente, Arkansas Online, 17 Jan. 2023
Adjective
  • Emphasize the contrast between the idyllic setting and the characters’ inner turmoil.
    Martine Paris, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Other times, however, such serenades can be unexpectedly poignant and revealing of a character's inner turmoil.
    EW Staff Published, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • With his shock of spiky hair and adrenaline rushes, Smith turns a corporate villain into a lunatic new-wave frontman.
    Charles McNultyTheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2023
  • The first personality is the lunatic, chaotic artist, with no limits.
    John Bleasdale, Variety, 8 Dec. 2022
Adjective
  • How to act during strong winds Take shelter: Immediately go inside a sturdy building during a high wind warning or severe thunderstorm warning and move to an interior room or basement.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 29 Mar. 2025
  • With a double-wing extension, the compact home offers more interior space while still being portable and easy to relocate.
    Toni Sutton, People.com, 29 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Your voice is insane.
    Mary Colurso | mcolurso@al.com, al, 4 Apr. 2023
  • The Republican and right-wing reaction is just insane.
    Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 31 Mar. 2023
Adjective
  • The debt snowball method is meant to create quick wins that translate into psychological boosts by paying off your smallest debts first.
    Gabriel Rodríguez, Sacbee.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Starmer's seeming ridiculous announcement will do nothing but slap a symbolic bandage on a far deeper generational psychological wound.
    Jeffrey Blehar, National Review, 28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Also, your brother-in-law is mad at the wrong person.
    Karen Fratti, People.com, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Locally, contract negotiations between Chicago Public Schools and the teachers union are getting pretty mad as well.
    Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2025

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“Mental.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mental. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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