Explore Claustrophobic through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like confined or afraid. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Claustrophobic in a sentence
Claustrophobic meaning
- Suffering from claustrophobia; being scared of being enclosed in a confined space.
- Cramped and confined, so as to induce claustrophobia.
Using Claustrophobic
- The main meaning on this page is: Suffering from claustrophobia; being scared of being enclosed in a confined space. | Cramped and confined, so as to induce claustrophobia.
- Useful related words include: confined, afraid.
- In the example corpus, claustrophobic often appears in combinations such as: the claustrophobic, claustrophobic and, and claustrophobic.
Context around Claustrophobic
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 6 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Claustrophobic
- In this selection, "claustrophobic" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, things, feel, almost, thriller, thrillers and nightmare stand out and add context to how "claustrophobic" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a claustrophobic nightmare is and a little claustrophobic. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "claustrophobic" sits close to words such as abalone, abomination and addressable, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with claustrophobic
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It is so claustrophobic. (4 words)
This chilling read is both compelling and claustrophobic. (8 words)
And that experience is very claustrophobic and very stressful. (9 words)
Cut to an unlucky (to put it mildly) lady and her little boy (Dee Wallace and Danny Pintauro), whose car breaks down in the mad dog’s path, and what you’ve got here is the claustrophobic thriller to end all claustrophobic thrillers. (43 words)
As it would be a big break from the claustrophobic, linear style that helped invent and has been part of its identity over the course of decades, an open world title risks eroding some of that edge. (37 words)
Presented in a boxy and beautiful 1.19:1 aspect ratio that is as vertical and claustrophobic as the lighthouse itself, ' black and white film is an exploration of masculinity, solitude and folie à deux. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
Cut to an unlucky (to put it mildly) lady and her little boy (Dee Wallace and Danny Pintauro), whose car breaks down in the mad dog’s path, and what you’ve got here is the claustrophobic thriller to end all claustrophobic thrillers.
A claustrophobic nightmare, is set at a remote research base in Antarctica.
I'm claustrophobic and the idea of being stuck down inside this bunker drives me nuts.
It is so claustrophobic.
It proves that the unseen is even more frightening than what can be seen, keeping things claustrophobic and intimate.
Presented in a boxy and beautiful 1.19:1 aspect ratio that is as vertical and claustrophobic as the lighthouse itself, ' black and white film is an exploration of masculinity, solitude and folie à deux.
The claustrophobic and winding hallways, the complex yet intricate layout of the building, and of course the lurking Mr. X who's an undefeatable towering figure of doom that stalks players.
The claustrophobic atmosphere brings out some great performances from its guest characters who buckle under the pressure, including Kit Harington and Kunal Nayyar.
The claustrophobic set and period costumes by Rae Smith house a royal family as formal and chilly as their environment.
The trailer is already giving us vibes as our lead fights his way through a claustrophobic hallway.
This chilling read is both compelling and claustrophobic.
Upon arriving at the old-fashioned and snowy location, the woman begins to feel claustrophobic in their odd reality and regrets not ending things with Jake much earlier.
William Eubank and returning writer Christopher Landon do enough to shake things up, and there’s plenty of claustrophobic terror here.
With over 40 drapes spread across a 600 square-metre space, participants will venture into the installation, exploring the claustrophobic purple walls and, with enough success, they may find themselves in an open-space centre.
With such an enigmatic lead actor, the editing is almost claustrophobic, making certain scenes stand completely out in terms of intensity.
Also, being tucked off to the side might make some people might feel a little claustrophobic.
And also there's space - I wanted Grace to go from this claustrophobic housing commission apartment to this space - almost like she was going to another country.
And that experience is very claustrophobic and very stressful.
As it would be a big break from the claustrophobic, linear style that helped invent and has been part of its identity over the course of decades, an open world title risks eroding some of that edge.
But Santiago Menghini's claustrophobic haunted house tale, based on an Adam Nevill novel of the same name, still comes with plenty of questions.
Common combinations with claustrophobic
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the claustrophobic 12×
- claustrophobic and 10×
- and claustrophobic 7×
- feel claustrophobic 3×
- very claustrophobic 2×
- in claustrophobic 2×
- it claustrophobic 2×
- claustrophobic movie 2×
- claustrophobic for 2×
- as claustrophobic 2×