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How to use the word phobia in a Sentence?

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It's very likely that cats suffer just as much from fireworks phobia as dogs, but since cats tend to be more independent in the home and usually run and hide during fearful situations, their owners may just not realize that they are distressed from fireworks.

Michelle Lugones

Found on CNN
2 years ago

When somebody has a phobia of bugs or insects, the thing they are dreading most is physical contact, that's what can make it so compelling to stay indoors or cover yourself up completely. When you're having anxiety, it's out of proportion to the situation.

Karen Cassiday

Found on CNN
2 years ago

My guess is we're going to have people who are sort of coming out of the closet with their bug phobia because this is really unusual.

Karen Cassiday

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I live pretty much right opposite the owners house, i had a hunch that something wasnt right because I was sitting outside and I could see the movement up in the trees and just knew something was wrong. I told my husband about it but he didnt believe me and then I kept an eye out because I have got a phobia of snakes.

Chris Antony

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Very complicated and suspicious conditions exist in the region, it seems that all of this is in line with an overall policy for creating Iran phobia and creating a consensus against the Islamic Republic.

Amir Hatami

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I want to know why I have it, and is there a way to get over it, at least' Horror Story' is getting the phobia out there and letting people know what Horror Story is. Maybe this will give people a better understanding of what we live with.

Jennifer Andresen

Found on CNN
6 years ago

We’re just trying to get people to try it, you know, so many people have a little phobia about drinking tequila. [ They think ] it's going to be nasty, you're going to hold your nose and drink it down as fast as you can and suck on a lime and lick some salt — but our tequila certainly isn't that way.

George Strait

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

You have to totally detach yourself from any expectations on process since the process is now private meetings, it's déjà vu in that there seems to be an absolute phobia for holding a committee meeting on the record for establishing foundation for what you did, which I don't think is a great start.

Mark Amodei

Found on CNN
7 years ago

Dr. Joe Taravella, a licensed clinical psychologist at New York University Langone Medical Center’s Rusk Rehabilitation, told FoxNews.com. It’s when those fears turn into phobias that trouble begins. When we have a phobia, it's a very significant and intense fear, so, take that fear and multiply it by 100 and, it is so intense that people sometimes feel like they're having a panic attack, they're going to die. Some research has found that as many as one in 10 people suffer from a severe weather-related phobia. Experts agree that one of the best steps you can take to lessen anxiety is to make a plan — the logic being that you ca n’t change the weather, but you can change the way you react to it.

Joe Taravella

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

The UAE has a phobia of the Muslim Brotherhood and makes very little distinction of whether people are doing things which most in the United States would view as normal political activity as opposed to support for terrorism.

Simon Henderson

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The use of these types of technology to distance yourself from understanding human emotions and human context can predict more symptoms, for example of social phobia, or more symptoms of antisocial personality disorder.

Larry Rosen

Found on CNN
8 years ago

We married in 1970, but I told him beforehand about my phobia. It was the first time I’d ever told anyone about it, but I had to because I could see we were getting serious. I said that I wouldn’t have children and he accepted it.

Mary Steward

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

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