NEUROTIC in a Sentence

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1. The grocer, his clerk, and neurotic Mrs. Dave Dyer had been giggling about something.
2. If they get through that period without becoming neurotic or worse, they're usually all right from then on.

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 Meanings and Examples of NEUROTIC
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neurotic
 a.  of or pertaining to the nerves; seated in the nerves; nervous
Classic Sentence:
1  The grocer, his clerk, and neurotic Mrs. Dave Dyer had been giggling about something.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
2  It ended, a quarter of an hour later, in his calling her a "neurotic" before he turned away and pretended to sleep.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
Example Sentence:
1  Here, we can see how the author to depict Beatle John Lennon as a drug-crazed neurotic.
2  If they get through that period without becoming neurotic or worse, they're usually all right from then on.