How to Use anorexia in a Sentence

anorexia

noun
  • The actress has been open about battling anorexia in the '90s.
    Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2022
  • In the same chapter, Nancherla weighs the ups and downs of her college bout with anorexia.
    Meredith Maran, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The singer Javiera Munoz died of anorexia in January at age 40.
    Elizabeth Koh and Carol Marbin Miller, miamiherald, 24 May 2018
  • Lily Collins stars as Ellen, a 20-year-old dropout struggling with anorexia.
    Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 30 June 2022
  • Even anorexia, which nearly killed Glück as a young woman, can be a punch line.
    Dan Chiasson, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2020
  • The longer the anorexia goes on, the more the bones lose density and become less likely to return to normal.
    Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2022
  • That winter, the bipolar disorder seemed to eclipse the anorexia.
    Katie Engelhart, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2024
  • The actor was 11 and living with anorexia and wrote a letter to Rowling about her struggle.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Some people with anorexia, for instance, have a minimal diet and prefer to eat the same foods over and over.
    Amanda Gardner, Health, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Bullied for being fat as a kid in Hong Kong, Kang developed anorexia at age 13.
    Vogue, 22 Feb. 2022
  • But most shocking was that, despite my decades-long struggle with anorexia, this new body didn’t disgust me.
    Washington Post, 14 Oct. 2019
  • What does teen anorexia have to do with the crumbling of 21st century democracy?
    Charlotte Alter, Time, 5 Oct. 2021
  • In June 2014, Carter sought treatment for anorexia as an inpatient.
    Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 30 Mar. 2022
  • As a teen, the Pitch Perfect actress struggled with anorexia, depression, and self-harm for nearly a decade.
    Grace Gavilanes, Peoplemag, 1 May 2023
  • Overall, anorexia was the most common disorder, the report found.
    John Paul Brammer /, NBC News, 2 Mar. 2018
  • Fuchs' mother saw signs even earlier, and the symptoms became more pronounced in the sixth grade when Fuchs began to struggle with anorexia.
    Greg Beacham, Star Tribune, 21 June 2021
  • This season on Real Housewives’ of Beverly Hills, a couple of episodes touch on my anorexia.
    Glamour, 24 June 2019
  • The Good Place actress developed anorexia and body dysmorphia at age 14 after a class project required her to be weighed in front of her entire class.
    Diana Pearl, Peoplemag, 20 Dec. 2022
  • One of them is for young adults with anorexia, a disorder that can significantly ramp up the risk of death if left untreated.
    Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Many of these tests of psilocybin are novel: The studies on anorexia, Alzheimer’s, opiate addiction, and Lyme disease will all be the first of their kind.
    Olivia Goldhill, Quartz, 4 Sep. 2019
  • There are many potential causes of anorexia in dogs, ranging from mild to life-threatening.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 17 Oct. 2022
  • On TikTok, however, the comic bent of body-checking trends is used as a coded way for users to reveal their anorexia and to keep the site from shutting down their accounts.
    Breona Couloote, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Her anorexia has been an ongoing health hurdle, just as her recovery continues to be a work in progress.
    Jeff Nelson, PEOPLE.com, 6 July 2022
  • In the essay, Willis shared her struggles with body dysmorphia, which then led to her developing anorexia.
    Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Tess Holliday is sharing more about her anorexia battle — and the weight-bias that played a role in her late diagnosis.
    Stephanie Emma Pfeffer, PEOPLE.com, 7 Mar. 2022
  • The big three are anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorder.
    Amy Haneline, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2021
  • This is usually a condition caused by bypass surgery, which is not the case in this situation, nor is anorexia.
    oregonlive, 23 Jan. 2020
  • Instead, their identities were subsumed by the anorexia.
    WIRED, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Carpenter passed away due to heart failure related to her long battle with anorexia.
    Sarah Jacoby, SELF, 14 Oct. 2021
  • Rinna later thanked her for bringing up the topic since her own daughter Amelia Gray Hamlin battled anorexia.
    Aili Nahas, Peoplemag, 10 Aug. 2022

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