How to Use paranoid in a Sentence

paranoid

adjective
  • She's a little paranoid about her job.
  • I guess I was just being paranoid.
  • It's nothing more than a paranoid fantasy.
  • What to do with the paranoid racial reading?
    — Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Tap or click for signs you’re being stalked and not just paranoid.
    — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 15 May 2022
  • Here’s how to know if you’re being stalked or are just paranoid.
    — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Tap or click for signs whether you’re being watched or just paranoid.
    — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 3 Dec. 2021
  • But who doesn’t look at the state of the world these days and get a little paranoid?
    — Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2020
  • The threat is enough to make Cherry paranoid.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Truly paranoid users will want to change passwords just to be on the safe side.
    — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 20 Oct. 2020
  • At the same time, many paranoid souls wondered about his future.
    — Doug Haller, azcentral, 9 July 2018
  • Now there will be up to 15 suspects in one game to be paranoid about.
    — Jevon Phillips, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2021
  • There’s no need to be paranoid about sharing photos, but please be smart.
    — Anita Kulick, Philly.com, 10 Apr. 2018
  • The drugs are meant to quell the type of paranoid delusions that may have fueled last year’s crash.
    — Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 2 May 2024
  • Bob and Zoyd are both paranoid in the wake of their rebellious pasts.
    — Andrew McGowan, Variety, 26 Sep. 2025
  • If this is the thinking, then Biden and his team have reason to be paranoid.
    — James Pindell, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Feb. 2023
  • Archie is a paranoid mess this season who makes his girlfriend stick her hands in a toilet!
    — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 1 Nov. 2017
  • Or is Julia, as the men in her life keep telling her, just being paranoid?
    — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 27 Feb. 2025
  • People are super paranoid about it at one point and walking around with their masks off the next.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 8 Nov. 2021
  • Now the roles are reversed, and Democrats are feeling paranoid.
    — Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2025
  • Left the door open behind me, an instinct about doors slamming shut that wasn't paranoid.
    — Ew Staff, EW.com, 4 Mar. 2021
  • Soon, a throat has been slit, the death setting off a paranoid and dangerous chain of events.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Mar. 2022
  • Loomer thrives in this paranoid ambience.
    — Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Don’t be paranoid, just be honest with yourself (and your wallet).
    — Valerie Mesa, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • This one is not super deep; Ethan proved in Episode 6 to be quite paranoid.
    — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 5 Dec. 2022
  • But some of the lucky winners became paranoid when driving the electric cars.
    — Reuters, NBC News, 6 Apr. 2023
  • During the course of the night, Hunter became paranoid and began to act strange.
    — Glenn E. Rice, kansascity, 6 Mar. 2018
  • The most paranoid scene features Michael Lonsdale, who died last month.
    — Chris Hewitt, Star Tribune, 7 Oct. 2020
  • Changing your locks is pragmatic, not paranoid.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The episode marked the beginning of Shakur’s paranoid descent.
    — Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023

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