How to Use psyche in a Sentence

psyche

noun
  • Why is there a hole in your heart and psyche a mile wide?
    — Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 4 May 2023
  • All these classics were part of our psyche at the time.
    — Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 10 Feb. 2024
  • Is this a clue into the true psyche of the Amazon founder?
    — Nicholas Clairmont, Washington Examiner, 11 Feb. 2021
  • The sight of the crime scenes has left a permanent mark on my psyche.
    — Wojciech Delikta, Vogue, 2 Mar. 2023
  • The work is finite, and in time the life of the psyche is resolved and turns back to normal.
    — Mark Edmundson, WSJ, 18 June 2021
  • Beyoncé’s psyche may know no borders, but what about the rest of us?
    — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 29 July 2022
  • The rest of that day is a blur as my psyche was so traumatized.
    — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 5 Jan. 2024
  • That’s why this was so important to the psyche of the franchise and fan base.
    — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 4 Jan. 2021
  • The whole nation is rocked by the event, as is Marita’s psyche.
    — Annika Pham, Variety, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Fame has its burdens, some of which can be cruel to the psyche.
    — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 24 May 2022
  • The need to be around PLUs is an important part of our psyche.
    — Sara Zeff Geber, Forbes, 11 May 2021
  • With a twisty narrative for the ages, the film delves into the limits of the human psyche and the depths of grief.
    — Lillian Brown, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Oct. 2022
  • The American psyche has taken such a hit in the last decade or so.
    — Carl Kelsch, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 May 2023
  • It’s in not just her love of true-crime content, but in the psyche behind it all.
    — Andy Meek, BGR, 11 Dec. 2021
  • Both of those teams are tied up into the psyche of Cleveland.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 23 May 2022
  • Time and distance do a funny thing to the human psyche.
    — Andy Meek, BGR, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Even with the trial over, Mr. Trump does not appear to want to lose his grip on the nation’s psyche.
    — New York Times, 14 Feb. 2021
  • But for now, take a beat to dive deep into your inner psyche.
    — Korin Miller, Women's Health, 28 Aug. 2023
  • This team’s psyche has been tested a few times this year and proven resilient.
    — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 3 Sep. 2021
  • That kind of hole in the psyche of so many men and women of that time, without the tools to move past it in a healthier way.
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Apr. 2023
  • But as with any kicker, a mistake has the potential to mess with the psyche.
    — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Sep. 2022
  • The term psychedelic was coined in 1956 and drawn from the Greek root psyche, which translates to mind or soul.
    — Penelope Green, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2023
  • The Joe Goldberg psyche — hopeless romantic who kills in the name of love — will not be new to fans of the series.
    — Karin Tanabe, Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2023
  • That psyche run wild is dangerous as hell, and very strange.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Warning signs about her troubled psyche blink from the start.
    — Dwight Garner, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2024
  • The chances of war, for months stowed away into the deeper crevices of this city’s psyche, had grown manifold.
    — Tamara Qiblawi, CNN, 14 Aug. 2024
  • In the Russian psyche, Levinson said, the war is not about defeating Ukraine.
    — Keir Simmons, NBC News, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Australia has always been a land of harsh weather, where droughts and fires form part of the nation's psyche.
    — Nick Perry, Star Tribune, 26 Mar. 2021
  • There is also a shift in the national psyche towards the Bundeswehr.
    — Sebastian Shukla, CNN, 23 Mar. 2025
  • This makes the first half of the film tense, and an interesting introspection of the character’s psyche in a haunted house-style situation — the true nature of which takes a while to become clear.
    — Rafael Motamayor, IndieWire, 8 Mar. 2025

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