How to Use gaslighting in a Sentence

gaslighting

noun
  • That, folks, was grade-A gaslighting.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2026
  • This is the first phase of his new gaslighting approach.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The denials and protests and gaslighting need to end.
    — Erick Erickson, Oc Register, 17 Feb. 2026
  • No amount of gaslighting can erase genocide.
    — Byron Sigcho-Lopez, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
  • In an era of doubt, gaslighting, and lies, the choir needs preaching, too.
    — Nathaniel Moore september 10, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2025
  • That gaslighting is a word at all, let alone word of the year, is something to shout about.
    — Claire Cohen, Vogue, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Watch an encounter full of sweet talk, gaslighting and tension here.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 14 Feb. 2026
  • In other words, let the gaslighting begin.
    — Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 25 June 2026
  • But there’s nothing to dimly light up a room quite like Salieri’s gaslighting.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 27 Feb. 2026
  • That should stop, absolutely, the gaslighting and all that s–t?
    — Glenn Rowley, Billboard, 15 May 2023
  • And for all the gaslighting, the message seems awfully clear.
    — Amy Westervelt, The New Republic, 19 July 2023
  • Here the person does return after a period of time and begins the oh-so-fun gaslighting phase.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
  • But that aspect of gaslighting did not make it into the popular understanding of the word.
    — Nicole Hemmer, CNN, 1 Dec. 2022
  • But, the publisher notes, the meaning of gaslighting has expanded even further in recent years.
    — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, USA TODAY, 28 Nov. 2022
  • Problems of grief and gaslighting (think of the woman in the haunted house whom nobody in town believes) have always been subtext in scary flicks.
    — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2022
  • The blatant gaslighting is also straight out of the cult playbook, according to Hassan.
    — Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2021
  • The gaslighting that comes with the validation of our music and culture but the erasure of our bodies is almost normal.
    — New York Times, 21 June 2021
  • Her silent duplicity toward Needy—in effect, her gaslighting of Needy—is a matter of life and death.
    — Richard Brod, The New Yorker, 1 Sep. 2021
  • Their relationship is fueled by their undisputed and shared lust, but is also filled with lies and apparent gaslighting.
    — Bianca Betancourt, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Aug. 2022
  • This is a grand adventure and cracking good mystery awash with gaslighting, brawls, murders, red herrings and a secret society.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2026
  • This is borderline gaslighting, as there are plenty of players with high-end hardware citing issues with performance.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The constant gaslighting from ex-husband is extremely hurtful and exhausting.
    — Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The reason is that missing information and others’ gaslighting are confusing your mind.
    — Lisa Stardust, Vogue, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The cure for gaslighting cannot become a new, more sophisticated form of manipulation.
    — Raghu Para, Forbes.com, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Topics in these special meditations include breakups, gaslighting or rejection, and the coming out process.
    — Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Is what’s happening to scientists now really any different than the gaslighting that anyone who studies climate change might have felt, though?
    — Adam Rogers, Wired, 16 Sep. 2020
  • This is a show where gaslighting and manipulation are in heavy supply, primarily by one man using threats to make others bend to him or carry out his bidding.
    — Maira Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Murry has seen this question ignite defensiveness, gaslighting, and denial of any wrongdoing.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Americans are unlikely to fall for 12 pages of narrative gaslighting, and the buck for that dark episode stops with President Biden.
    — The Editorial Board, wsj.com, 6 Apr. 2023

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