How to Use dysphoria in a Sentence

dysphoria

noun

• For pundits and politicians, stoking the flames of tech dysphoria is all fun and games.
  — Larry Downes, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2017
• That's where a lot of my dysphoria and euphoria comes from.
  — Leah Campano, Seventeen, 30 Aug. 2022
• The dysphoria was stealing the grin that swimming had gifted me.
  — Schuyler Bailar, Teen Vogue, 20 June 2017
• Not being able to be shirtless without a binder or tape causes a lot of dysphoria for me.
  — Erika W. Smith, refinery29.com, 20 June 2019
• Some days Tanner likes the idea, and other days not — depending on his body dysphoria.
  — New York Times, 16 June 2018
• Gender dysphoria is a real thing and a real misery for those suffering from it, as Ryan talks about with the tenderness of a father and a brother.
  — Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 1 Mar. 2021
• The complaint also adds that Yoakam’s dysphoria has worsened over the years, especially in relation to his chest.
  — NBC News, 25 Aug. 2021
• Though for trans people, fashion isn’t merely a form of expression, but a way to fight dysphoria in their early transition.
  — Tiana Randall, Vogue, 9 Nov. 2022
• While in prison Manning had received hormone treatment and care for gender dysphoria.
  — Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 14 May 2017
• The report’s conclusion that the gender-dysphoria treatments fail that test opens the door to coverage being denied.
  — Jim Saunders, Sun Sentinel, 6 June 2022
• Next his concerned parents are checking him into a treatment center for those with species dysphoria.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, Detroit Free Press, 3 Dec. 2021
• More than 100 people asked if the technology could ease the dysphoria caused by a mismatch between their voice and gender identities.
  — Tom Simonite, Wired, 21 Sep. 2021
• After the birth, Janet complained of hemorrhaging and dysphoria, but doctors assured her that both her bleeding and her blues were normal.
  — Ariel Levy, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2022
• Each time a doctor performed a pelvic exam, or a nurse placed her hands on Braiden’s belly, Braiden felt intense dysphoria — the distress of being in a body that doesn’t match one’s gender identity.
  — Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2019
• Gender dysphoria can manifest in many ways and can include physical symptoms like the ones described by Page.
  — Sara M Moniuszko, USA TODAY, 3 May 2021
• Helping fuel young women’s embrace of pop punk is the self-esteem crash and body image dysphoria triggered by social media.
  — Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2022
• Gender dysphoria is a mental health disorder that is being normalized by predators across the USA.
  — Fox News, 27 July 2022
• None of our experiences with our bodies and these ideals are identical, so there is no one-size-fits-all solution to combatting dysphoria.
  — Janet Mock, Allure, 31 Aug. 2017
• New science is showing how specific parts of the brain may differ in those with the rare but fascinating disorder known as body integrity dysphoria, or BID.
  — Ryan Prior, CNN, 7 May 2020
• This doesn’t reflect discrimination based on gender identity, but rather an honest vision of the role of medicine and the proper treatment of gender dysphoria.
  — Ryan T. Anderson, National Review, 3 Aug. 2017
• Binders are compression garments often worn by trans and nonbinary people to help ease feelings of body dysphoria.
  — Marianne Garvey, CNN, 8 July 2021
• But Cage calibrates his dysphoria with athletic precision, and its psychic toll is high.
  — Dan Piepenbring, Harper’s Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022
• Some have taken issue with the findings — saying that a sample study of only three months is not enough time to determine if these young patients experienced less dysphoria after surgery.
  — Georeen Tanner, Fox News, 15 Nov. 2022
• Facial hair is a dysphoria-inducing hotspot among trans women who grow it naturally.
  — Madison Werner, Glamour, 9 June 2022
• Gender confirmation surgery can often help alleviate gender dysphoria—the feeling of having been born in the wrong body.
  — Suzannah Weiss, Glamour, 31 July 2017
• The presence of many nice-enough choices without any meaningful way to distinguish among them is a fundamental dysphoria of modern consumerism.
  — Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2020
• Long isolated in their dysphoria, these teens found and built communities first on bulletin board systems and email lists and later on web hosting services like Geocities.
  — Nick Lehr, The Conversation, 21 June 2021
• The mixed state - the name alluding to a mix between depression and mania - has traditionally been viewed (more or less) as combining the dysphoria of depression with the energy of mania.
  — Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 1 Apr. 2012
• Plus, trans and nonbinary patients may also have varying levels of dysphoria relating to their chest.
  — Sage Agee, Parents, 13 Sep. 2023
• Masculine self-alienation transforms into something that looks more like closeted queerness and body dysphoria.
  — Noah Berlatsky, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 15 Oct 2024