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- noun Plural form of
claustrophobe .
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Examples
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It's really, really small (no claustrophobes need apply.)
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I didn't follow suit as such, despite my fascination with submarines (quite an interest for a large, tall man with severe claustrophobia, although Michael DeMecurio told me some time back that he served on a boomer despite being claustrophobic -- supposedly Navy psych tests are supposed to weed out the claustrophobes) but I did take up the cooking thing.
And all night long I lit matches and sang "Ring Of Fire" over and over 2007
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The fear factor: Not only claustrophobes are edgy.
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It probably helped claustrophobes cope, Josh thought, but it wasn't a problem he had.
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Gengineering wasn't perfect, even now; there were cats that couldn't handle freefall, cats that were claustrophobes, cats that were shy or anti-social.
Werehunter Lackey, Mercedes 1999
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Gentlemen, Be Seated IT TAKES both agoraphobes and claustrophobes to colonize the Moon.
The Past Through Tomorrow Heinlein, Robert A. 1967
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With the human race shut out forever from the rest of the universe we were becoming a race of claustrophobes.
Pressure Harding, Lee 1962
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Even the most stable individual will begin to feel trapped after a few minutes in such a situation, and all that is needed is one or two claustrophobes or neurotics to set off a stampede.
Latest Articles 2009
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Even the most stable individual will begin to feel trapped after a few minutes in such a situation, and all that is needed is one or two claustrophobes or neurotics to set off a stampede.
Latest Articles 2009
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Even the most stable individual will begin to feel trapped after a few minutes in such a situation, and all that is needed is one or two claustrophobes or neurotics to set off a stampede.
Latest Articles 2009
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