How to Use obsessive-compulsive in a Sentence

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  • Myrick, who has schizophrenia and obsessive-compulsive disorder, knows the power of a good peer.
    — Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 22 Nov. 2024
  • The 40-year-old resident of Le Mars, Iowa, has bipolar and obsessive-compulsive disorders.
    — Cheryl Platzman Weinstock, CBS News, 10 July 2023
  • Baldwin is shown cleaning the interior of a garbage can; Hilaria and one of his children gently rib him and describe him as obsessive-compulsive.
    — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 20 Feb. 2025
  • The neural wiring is the same as that tied to psychiatric conditions such as drug addiction and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
    — Byclaudia Lopez Lloreda, science.org, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Over the years, Toole has been candid about her past with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), anxiety and depression.
    — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 2 July 2024
  • All of it stems from the obsessive-compulsive disorder Gonzalez has lived with his entire life, from childhood to now being a kicker for the Washington Commanders.
    — Stephen Whyno, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2025
  • All of it stems from the obsessive-compulsive disorder Gonzalez has lived with his entire life, from childhood to now being a kicker for the Washington Commanders.
    — Stephen Whyno, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Licking is a common fixation in dogs with obsessive-compulsive disorder, which can be the source of serious distress.
    — Anna Nordseth, Discover Magazine, 26 July 2023
  • For instance, exposure therapy tends to be the go-to for obsessive-compulsive disorder.
    — Jenna Ryu, SELF, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Also, things like obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) or social anxiety can make a person do things like this.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
  • If your phone were anything else — a photograph, a wedding ring, a book — staring at it in public as much as people stare at their phones would put you at risk of being diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
    — Sebastian Junger, National Review, 13 July 2023
  • These feelings can range from mild and fleeting concerns to deep despair, panic attacks and obsessive-compulsive behaviors.
    — Karen Magruder, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2023
  • In making a show that deals with obsessive-compulsive disorder, the creators managed to maintain a balanced approach while facing certain challenges.
    — Ed Meza, Variety, 19 Mar. 2025
  • What would later be diagnosed as obsessive-compulsive disorder was, at this point, just another aspect of what was openly called my oddness.
    — Victor Lodato, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
  • Jung Da-eun (Park Bo-young) is a newbie nurse in a psychiatric ward, dealing with patients whose disorders range from schizophrenia and depression to panic attacks and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
    — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Such limiting behaviors can range from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) to tics and twitches.
    — Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2023
  • In the series, Shalhoub played detective Adrian Monk, a character who lives with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
    — Marianne Garvey, CNN, 10 Oct. 2023
  • My mind has always been prone to fixation: I was diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder at 17, which left me with obsessions that prompted me to perform time-consuming rituals and tasks.
    — Marianne Eloise, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2024
  • Luke Combs is opening up about his experience with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and anxiety.
    — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 16 Mar. 2025
  • At their core, earworms are a form of rumination, and research suggests that people who suffer from anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder are more prone to earworms.
    — WIRED, 15 July 2023
  • Manny Padilla, a teen-age musician living with obsessive-compulsive disorder, faces intense fears and intrusive thoughts.
    — The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Guerra says the therapy has also proven to be helpful in treating hoarding disorder, PTSD, obsessive-compulsive disorder and addiction.
    — Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Everyone’s favorite obsessive-compulsive detective is returning for what may be his final case.
    — Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Some people with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), in particular, tend to experience intrusive thoughts more intensely than others and have a harder time shaking them off.
    — Time, 14 June 2023
  • There’s an obsessive-compulsive quality to her behavior.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Other potential issues include obsessive-compulsive disorder or seizure-like activity, both of which should be evaluated by a vet.
    — Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Other potential issues include obsessive-compulsive disorder or seizure-like activity, both of which should be evaluated by a vet.
    — Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
  • For years, Braun suffered mostly in secret from obsessive-compulsive disorder — terrified of pandemics, germs, freak accidents and mortality.
    — Pamela Chelin, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Approval for treating obsessive-compulsive disorder followed ten years later.
    — Simon Makin, Scientific American, 13 June 2023
  • Both these tools also fail to account for multiple or simultaneous mental health conditions, such as depression and suicidal ideation or anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
    — Wendy Ward, STAT, 10 Apr. 2024

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