How to Use anorexia in a Sentence

anorexia

noun
Definition of anorexianext
  • Since then, a variety of studies have found that people living with anorexia, especially those with the most severe cases of the disease, also engage in the behaviour.
    — Amelia Tait, refinery29.com, 17 June 2024
  • The actress has been open about battling anorexia in the '90s.
    — Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2022
  • The actress stars in the anorexia-focused To the Bone, which just sold big at Sundance.
    — Vanityfair.com, VanityFair.com, 25 Jan. 2017
  • In the same chapter, Nancherla weighs the ups and downs of her college bout with anorexia.
    — Meredith Maran, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2023
  • This year's To the Bone starred Lily Collins as a young woman struggling with anorexia.
    — Erin Reimel, Glamour, 21 Oct. 2017
  • The singer Javiera Munoz died of anorexia in January at age 40.
    — Elizabeth Koh and Carol Marbin Miller, miamiherald, 24 May 2018
  • A lack of comfort in her own skin was part of the root of Bliss' battle with anorexia that dates back to high school.
    — Josh Barnett, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2017
  • Lily Collins stars as Ellen, a 20-year-old dropout struggling with anorexia.
    — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 30 June 2022
  • Even anorexia, which nearly killed Glück as a young woman, can be a punch line.
    — Dan Chiasson, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2020
  • The longer the anorexia goes on, the more the bones lose density and become less likely to return to normal.
    — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2022
  • To The Bone, the recent anorexia drama, is a fine example.
    — Zach Schonfeld, Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2017
  • That winter, the bipolar disorder seemed to eclipse the anorexia.
    — Katie Engelhart, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2024
  • The actor was 11 and living with anorexia and wrote a letter to Rowling about her struggle.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Netflix's recently dropped the trailer for To The Bone, a dramedy about a teen girl who has anorexia.
    — The Editors, Cosmopolitan, 24 June 2017
  • Some people with anorexia, for instance, have a minimal diet and prefer to eat the same foods over and over.
    — Amanda Gardner, Health, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Bullied for being fat as a kid in Hong Kong, Kang developed anorexia at age 13.
    — Vogue, 22 Feb. 2022
  • But most shocking was that, despite my decades-long struggle with anorexia, this new body didn’t disgust me.
    — Washington Post, 14 Oct. 2019
  • What does teen anorexia have to do with the crumbling of 21st century democracy?
    — Charlotte Alter, Time, 5 Oct. 2021
  • In June 2014, Carter sought treatment for anorexia as an inpatient.
    — Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 30 Mar. 2022
  • As a teen, the Pitch Perfect actress struggled with anorexia, depression, and self-harm for nearly a decade.
    — Grace Gavilanes, Peoplemag, 1 May 2023
  • For women already in the throes of anorexia or bulimia, juice fasts provide a great cover.
    — Courtney Rubin, Marie Claire, 26 Apr. 2013
  • Overall, anorexia was the most common disorder, the report found.
    — John Paul Brammer /, NBC News, 2 Mar. 2018
  • Fuchs' mother saw signs even earlier, and the symptoms became more pronounced in the sixth grade when Fuchs began to struggle with anorexia.
    — Greg Beacham, Star Tribune, 21 June 2021
  • This season on Real Housewives’ of Beverly Hills, a couple of episodes touch on my anorexia.
    — Glamour, 24 June 2019
  • The Good Place actress developed anorexia and body dysmorphia at age 14 after a class project required her to be weighed in front of her entire class.
    — Diana Pearl, Peoplemag, 20 Dec. 2022
  • One of them is for young adults with anorexia, a disorder that can significantly ramp up the risk of death if left untreated.
    — Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Many of these tests of psilocybin are novel: The studies on anorexia, Alzheimer’s, opiate addiction, and Lyme disease will all be the first of their kind.
    — Olivia Goldhill, Quartz, 4 Sep. 2019
  • Yet binge-eating is a real illness (and is often the flip side of anorexia: Gay recalls fasting for most of the day before overindulging at dinnertime).
    — Katy Waldman, Slate Magazine, 26 June 2017
  • There are many potential causes of anorexia in dogs, ranging from mild to life-threatening.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 17 Oct. 2022
  • This state can be caused by eating disorders such as anorexia or other conditions that cause severe weight loss.
    — Donna Murray, Rn, Parents, 8 July 2024

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