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How to use phobia in a sentence

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Phobia means an irrational, abnormal, or obsessive fear (of something). Example: “I know someone with a strange phobia of ladders.”

Examples of phobia by meaning

nounAn irrational, abnormal, or obsessive fear (of something).

  • I know someone with a strange phobia of ladders.
  • It was when anthropophobia set in, when he was made uneasy by people who walked too close to him, that, sagely viewing his list and seeing how many phobias were now checked, he permitted himself to rest.1925, Sinclair Lewis, Arrowsmith

nounAn aversion or dislike (of something).

  • Some patients have the phobia of light, and others have the phobia of darkness.1914, McClure's Magazine, page 140

More sentences with phobia

  • Many patients can extinguish their phobias after a few months of treatment.From the entry extinguish
  • He was mostly over his phobia of dogs, but sometimes the sight of a dog still gave him a flutter of terror.From the entry flutter
  • There's many phobias that I don't understand, but I always try to respect them!2024 October 22, @MemeLorbius, X, archived from the original on 25 Apr 2026. From the entry brephophobia
  • From Australian slang 'dead horse' meaning ketchup + Latin 'mortuus equus' (dead horse) + phobia.2023 April 2, @weird_phobias, “Mortuusequusphobia – the fear of ketchup”, in Twitter. From the entry mortuusequusphobia
  • “I feel like I have developed a phobia to my way of life,” she said.2022 February 6, Ellen Barry, “Climate Change Enters the Therapy Room”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry climate anxiety
  • The specific mathematics phobia which is basically comes due to the arithmetic or fear of numbers.2020 August, Rajendra Kunwar, “MATHEMATICS PHOBIA: CAUSES, SYMPTOMS AND WAYS TO OVERCOME”, in International Journal of Creative Research…. From the entry arithmophobia
  • The definition of acrophobia is, simply put, a phobia of heights.2019 September 12, Rosemary Black, Acrophobia (The Fear of Heights): Are You Acrophobic?, archived from the original on 21 Apr 2024. From the entry acrophobia
  • However, for people with these conditions, the phobia is no joke.2015, Mark Greener, Depression and Anxiety: The Drug-Free Way, Sheldon Press, →ISBN, page 24. From the entry pittakionophobia
  • Now, rhytiphobia, the fear of getting wrinkles, is a phobia that I can understand.2013 October 30, Suzanne Johnson, “Beyond the office door: Phobias”, in Washburn County Register, volume 125, number 11, page 8. From the entry rhytiphobia
  • Erythophobia is no laughing matter if you are a sufferer of this phobia.2013, Mabel Dawn Van Niekerk - Erythrophobia, The Blushing Phobia - Erythrophobia. From the entry erythrophobia
  • "Don't tell me you have somekind of phobia about hot air balloons.” “Not exactly.2012, Suzanne Selfors, Smells Like Pirates, →ISBN. From the entry globophobia
  • Can someone be cured of samhainophobia, or any of the related phobias mentioned above?2012 October 28, David DiSalvo, “Are You or Someone You Know Samhainophobic?”, in Forbes, archived from the original on 17 Oct 2014. From the entry samhainophobia
  • The primary concern that J.Y. presented was a symptom of ophthalmophobia (similar to social phobia).2011, Cathy A. Malchiodi, Handbook of Art Therapy, page 155. From the entry ophthalmophobia
  • Another approach more familiar to Lorna is phobia cure, used for people with belonephobia.2010, Lorna Foyle, Janis Hostad, “Finding human masterpieces: progressing cancer and palliative care education through neuro-linguistic…. From the entry belonephobia
  • Please give me some ideas for how to overcome this phobia.2009, Wendy Conklin, Differentiation Strategies for Language Arts, →ISBN, page 144. From the entry dentophobia
  • She may fear bananas, but Allison Jones is not yellow about sharing her phobia with the world.2008 September 12, Brock Parker, “Bananaphobia brings her fame”, in The York Dispatch, volume 133, edition 180, York, Pa., pages A1 and A9. From the entry bananaphobia
  • Today, a considerable number of school-age kids suffer terribly from this phobia.2006, Albert R Koch, Help Mom with the Dishes: Lessons from Life’s Classroom, page 26. From the entry sophophobia
  • One phobia that intrigued me was Uranophobia, the fear of heaven.2003, Jennifer Bannan, Inventing Victor, →ISBN, page 186. From the entry uranophobia
  • However, we assume that despite the best endeavours of science, some phobias will always remain.2002 April 19, anonymous author, The Scotsman, page 13. From the entry hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia
  • Perhaps I wasn't just lazy after all—perhaps I had a phobia!2001, Hazel Josephine Barton, "Could I Have a Few Words with You?", A Wise Choice of Words, p. 355. From the entry mageiricophobia
  • Philias and phobias can also be included in this category of behavioral traits.1994, David E. Young, Jean-Guy (EDT) Goulet, Being Changed by Cross-Cultural Encounters: The Anthropology of Extraordinary Experience page…. From the entry philias
  • Wasson traces the movements of certain groups and identifies pockets of philias and phobias.1994, Rumack H. Rumack, David G. Spoerke, Barry H. Rumack, Handbook of Mushroom Poisoning: Diagnosis and Treatment, page 11. From the entry philias
  • “Looks to me like you have a serious case of hyper-glutinaceous-gastro phobia.1969 July 12, “‘Hmmm, Nurse, This Looks Serious’”, in San Francisco Examiner, 105th year, number 26, San Francisco, Calif., page 5. From the entry glutinaceous
  • A physician says the Nuclear Age has spawned a new phobia—nucleomitophobia, or fear of the atom.1961 November 19, Cedar Rapids Gazette, page 122. From the entry nucleomitophobia
  • In fact, it is possible to develop a phobia about almost any thing.1946 June 26, Arlie B. Davidson, “Living Today”, in The Montgomery Advertiser, 118th year, number 177, Montgomery, Ala., page four. From the entry snakephobia
  • First of all, remember that it is a phobia, a fear.1921 July 21, L.C. Barnes, “Antidotes for Romaphobia”, in The Watchman-Examiner: A National Baptist Paper, volume 9, number 29, page 919. From the entry Romaphobia
  • The final antidote for Romaphobia and other phobias is faith in the living God.1921 July 21, L.C. Barnes, “Antidotes for Romaphobia”, in The Watchman-Examiner: A National Baptist Paper, volume 9, number 29, page 919. From the entry Romaphobia
  • Traditionally, a traumatic experience or some kind of negative experience with the phobic object is what triggers specific phobias like pediophobia.2024 January 8, Michelle C. Brooten-Brooks, “What Is Fear of Dolls (Pediophobia)?”, in Verywell Mind, archived from the original on 19 Sep…. From the entry pediophobia
  • Such phobia is called arithmophobia or numerophobia.2020 August, Rajendra Kunwar, “MATHEMATICS PHOBIA: CAUSES, SYMPTOMS AND WAYS TO OVERCOME”, in International Journal of Creative Research…. From the entry arithmophobia
  • The truth is, it is not a phobia.2019, Mitchell White, A Man of High Character. From the entry Naziphobia
  • Yet, people will apply phobia to the end of any group to make you feel guilty for being afraid of them.2019, Mitchell White, A Man of High Character. From the entry Naziphobia
  • Furniture phobia (or epiplaphobia) as the name indicates is the extreme, irrational and often unwarranted fear of furniture.2017 July 22, Paul Philips, “Fear of furniture”, in Quora. From the entry epiplaphobia
  • The only phobia that is evidenced in the article is Trump-phobia, and it seems to be epidemic among liberals.2016 May 18, Michael Cecil, “Trump-phobia is not warranted”, in The Sacramento Bee, volume 304, number 139, Sacramento, Calif., page 6B. From the entry Trump-phobia
  • But perhaps the strangest phobia we've heard of is sidonglobophobia.2015 October 9, Signe Dean, “Here's The Science Behind The World's Rarest And Weirdest Phobias”, in Science Alert. From the entry sidonglobophobia
  • Like other phobias, it’s believed that Antlophobia is caused by outside traumatic events that happened when the affected individual was younger.2012, Ryan Vazquez, “True Fear”, in Positive/Negative Magazine, volume 6, College of Imaging Arts and Sciences, Rochester Institute of…. From the entry antlophobia
  • The second-most-common phobia is ophidiophobia, the fear of snakes.2010 October 18, Matthew Murrie, Steve Murrie, The First Book of Seconds: 220 of the Most Random, Remarkable, Respectable (and…. From the entry ophidiophobia
  • The proof seems to be in a strange phobia he developed later in life, a condition called chrometophobia.2008, Bruce Grierson, U-Turn: What If You Woke Up One Morning and Realized You Were Living the Wrong Life?, →ISBN, page 49. From the entry chrometophobia

Meaning of phobia

  1. noun An irrational, abnormal, or obsessive fear (of something).
  2. noun An aversion or dislike (of something).

Full definition of phobia

Questions about phobia in a sentence

How do you use phobia in a sentence?
Phobia is used as a noun. For example: “I know someone with a strange phobia of ladders.”
What is a short sentence with phobia?
“Such phobia is called arithmophobia or numerophobia.”
What does phobia mean?
Phobia means an irrational, abnormal, or obsessive fear (of something).

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