How to Use psychoanalyze in a Sentence

psychoanalyze

verb
  • The men were too busy fondling fenders and stroking steering wheels to psychoanalyze themselves.
    — Glenn Garvin, miamiherald, 18 June 2017
  • Writers gathered in a room to psychoanalyze the storyline of each episode before one of them would lay down words in a script.
    — Michael Granberry, Dallas News, 1 Apr. 2020
  • The group was unaware of the standings leading up to the event, as the four of them just wanted to get across the line and score rather than psychoanalyze the results.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2021
  • The two spent several twelve-hour days psychoanalyzing the Emperor, scene by scene.
    — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Instead of psychoanalyzing ourselves, others, or the world around us, this will be a time of light-hearted learning and staying curious to what (or who) we are drawn to.
    — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Dec. 2023
  • This series, wisely, does not attempt to psychoanalyze Smith or make excuses for the reports of his behavior.
    — Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2026
  • All the people psychoanalyzing Grande's ring or her recent trips to Disneyland and furniture stores can calm down.
    — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 21 June 2018
  • Having the ability to psychoanalyze and relate to others while experiencing some of your first traumatic moments is no easy task.
    — Zane Pickett, Forbes, 13 May 2021
  • Such a frame causes analysts to psychoanalyze Putin and explain Russian behavior by looking at, say, the size of his secret wealth.
    — Joshua Yaffa, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2015
  • In our era of therapy speak, the impulse to psychoanalyze Jackson here is boundless, as is the desire to codify her perspective in the language of trauma.
    — Kovie Biakolo, ELLE, 24 Feb. 2022
  • And President Carter, with his Malaise Speech in the late '70s, he was always psychoanalyzed by some of his critics.
    — NBC News, 22 Oct. 2017
  • Bugs or no, Ava has zero problem psychoanalyzing and then getting invasive with persistent follow-up questions.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 26 May 2026
  • If Sigmund Freud were to psychoanalyze the Jazz, the good doctor would pronounce them mentally and emotionally whole.
    — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Jan. 2021
  • Salman Rushdie was supposed to play the role of a psychologist who psychoanalyzes Harvey Keitel during very long sequences in the movie.
    — Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Fourth, looking beyond the four corners of the policy, the court throws out the policy by psychoanalyzing the commander-in-chief based on his tweets, cable-news interviews, and even campaign statements.
    — Josh Blackman, National Review, 11 Oct. 2017
  • Over the course of After Kathy Acker, Kraus has been inside her diaries, burrowed inside her friendships, psychoanalyzed and praised a little and recorded much.
    — Josephine Livingstone, New Republic, 14 Sep. 2017
  • Art lovers may have to transform their analysis of art—spending hours interpreting a stylistic choice or psychoanalyzing a creator’s intent—when such questions of intent are put to the black box of an artificial neural network.
    — Gabriel Nicholas, Slate Magazine, 11 Dec. 2017
  • That worries employees who are wary of being psychoanalyzed by software, and some employment lawyers fret that AI programs might contain biases that could lead to workplace discrimination.
    — Imani Moise, WSJ, 28 Mar. 2018
  • Gordon is a profiler, like detectives who specialize in studying and psychoanalyzing serial killers and other dangerous criminals.
    — Michelle Delio, WIRED, 29 May 2001
  • In order to try to break the briefcase’s control over Joy, the Doctor starts psychoanalyzing/insulting her in a way that feels reminiscent of Moffat’s writing on Sherlock.
    — Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Shaun is a supermom who’s always one barefoot step ahead of the opportunistic crew, led by Eddie (Billy Burke), who spends more time psychoanalyzing her than actually getting anything done.
    — Katie Walsh, kansascity, 10 May 2018
  • But either ironically or all too appropriately for a show that so prominently features therapists, The Audacity seems to have psychoanalyzed its characters to the point of abstraction.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The film privileges Shaun as a supermom who's always one barefoot step ahead of the opportunistic crew, led by Eddie (Billy Burke), who spends more time psychoanalyzing her than actually getting anything done.
    — Katie Walsh, latimes.com, 10 May 2018

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