How to Use dysphoria in a Sentence

dysphoria

noun
  • For pundits and politicians, stoking the flames of tech dysphoria is all fun and games.
    — Larry Downes, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2017
  • The dysphoria was stealing the grin that swimming had gifted me.
    — Schuyler Bailar, Teen Vogue, 20 June 2017
  • Not being able to be shirtless without a binder or tape causes a lot of dysphoria for me.
    — Erika W. Smith, refinery29.com, 20 June 2019
  • Some days Tanner likes the idea, and other days not — depending on his body dysphoria.
    — New York Times, 16 June 2018
  • Next his concerned parents are checking him into a treatment center for those with species dysphoria.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, Detroit Free Press, 3 Dec. 2021
  • While in prison Manning had received hormone treatment and care for gender dysphoria.
    — Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 14 May 2017
  • Facial hair is a dysphoria-inducing hotspot among trans women who grow it naturally.
    — Madison Werner, Glamour, 9 June 2022
  • Though for trans people, fashion isn’t merely a form of expression, but a way to fight dysphoria in their early transition.
    — Tiana Randall, Vogue, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Helping fuel young women’s embrace of pop punk is the self-esteem crash and body image dysphoria triggered by social media.
    — Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2022
  • Binders are compression garments often worn by trans and nonbinary people to help ease feelings of body dysphoria.
    — Marianne Garvey, CNN, 8 July 2021
  • My eating disorder history was, in many ways, rooted to gender dysphoria.
    — Marceline Cook, SELF, 29 Aug. 2017
  • Gender dysphoria can manifest in many ways and can include physical symptoms like the ones described by Page.
    — Sara M Moniuszko, USA TODAY, 3 May 2021
  • But Cage calibrates his dysphoria with athletic precision, and its psychic toll is high.
    — Dan Piepenbring, Harper’s Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022
  • The report’s conclusion that the gender-dysphoria treatments fail that test opens the door to coverage being denied.
    — Jim Saunders, Sun Sentinel, 6 June 2022
  • Plus, trans and nonbinary patients may also have varying levels of dysphoria relating to their chest.
    — Sage Agee, Parents, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The complaint also adds that Yoakam’s dysphoria has worsened over the years, especially in relation to his chest.
    — NBC News, 25 Aug. 2021
  • None of our experiences with our bodies and these ideals are identical, so there is no one-size-fits-all solution to combatting dysphoria.
    — Janet Mock, Allure, 31 Aug. 2017
  • Just undressing before getting into the shower could trigger his dysphoria.
    — Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2018
  • After the birth, Janet complained of hemorrhaging and dysphoria, but doctors assured her that both her bleeding and her blues were normal.
    — Ariel Levy, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2022
  • Gender dysphoria is a real thing and a real misery for those suffering from it, as Ryan talks about with the tenderness of a father and a brother.
    — Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 1 Mar. 2021
  • Masculine self-alienation transforms into something that looks more like closeted queerness and body dysphoria.
    — Noah Berlatsky, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Gender confirmation surgery can often help alleviate gender dysphoria—the feeling of having been born in the wrong body.
    — Suzannah Weiss, Glamour, 31 July 2017
  • So, there’s no exact criteria that someone needs to meet in order to be diagnosed with rejection sensitive dysphoria.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 27 Jan. 2026
  • This important film is a beacon for those struggling with gender identity, eating disorders, body dysphoria, self-harm and trauma.
    — Ari Schneider, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2021
  • Many trans people experience terrible dysphoria over aspects of their bodies and seek to change them; some experience none and some fall between.
    — Brandy Schillace, Scientific American, 5 Nov. 2021
  • Seydoux tromps through the film with a masculine heaviness — a sense of dysphoria that translates to her character’s ungainly bearing.
    — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 18 May 2026
  • More than 100 people asked if the technology could ease the dysphoria caused by a mismatch between their voice and gender identities.
    — Tom Simonite, Wired, 21 Sep. 2021
  • The presence of many nice-enough choices without any meaningful way to distinguish among them is a fundamental dysphoria of modern consumerism.
    — Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2020
  • This doesn’t reflect discrimination based on gender identity, but rather an honest vision of the role of medicine and the proper treatment of gender dysphoria.
    — Ryan T. Anderson, National Review, 3 Aug. 2017
  • Some have taken issue with the findings — saying that a sample study of only three months is not enough time to determine if these young patients experienced less dysphoria after surgery.
    — Georeen Tanner, Fox News, 15 Nov. 2022

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