Example sentences for: psychological

How can you use “psychological” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • 6 predominant symptoms for sedation were differentiated: dyspnoea, pain, delirium/agitation, gastrointestinal, bleeding, anxiety/psychological distress.

  • The "friend" sounds like the kind of person we used to call "a user" in junior high, or "a narcissist" in grown-up psychological circles.

  • In the psychological jargon of Gestalt theory ("Gestalt" being German for "pattern" or "form"), closure refers to the propensity of the human mind to impose or perceive order despite gaps or asymmetry.

  • Some blast the film because it uses a child's death "as merely the first manipulation of many meant to engender sympathy for its heroine" and call it "fraudulent in every detail" (Joe Morgenstern, the Wall Street Journal ). Others deny these charges, saying the movie has "an emotional depth and psychological acuity that place it in a category by itself" (Stephen Holden, the New York Times ). Most concur in their estimation of Weaver's work: "emotionally direct … lovely, warm" (Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly ). (Click here to read a review of the Jane Hamilton novel that was the basis of the film.)

  • The authorities visit every horror upon the narrators--sexual assault, beatings, isolation, psychological torture--at which point the narrators harden.


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