The Weeknd

Trilogy' was more of a claustrophobic body of work. Before it was released, I hadn't left my city for 21 years, and I had never been on a plane, not once. I spent my entire life on one setting; that's probably why pieces of the album feel like one long track, because that's what my life felt like. It felt like one long song.

Canadian Musician

Baltasar Kormakur

The Oath' seems like the perfect project for me, coming off the back of a big-scale adventure film like 'Everest.' I want to delve into an intimate, dark and psychological world where the characters are claustrophobic.

Icelander Actor

Rosamund Pike

I think you tend to try, during the time you've got off, to forget about the film. It was such a total world. I mean, the sets were claustrophobic, and as soon as you were on there, you were right back into it.

British Actress

Nancy Kress

Overpopulated fiction can be so confusing that readers put the story down. Under-populated novels can seem claustrophobic or boring. You want the right number of characters for your particular work.

American Writer

Louise Bourgeois

Space is something that you have to define. Otherwise, it is like anxiety, which is too vague. A fear is something specific. I like claustrophobic spaces, because at least then you know your limits.

French Artist

Vicky Kaushal

I never pondered during my struggling phase that I should have become an engineer, as I knew that was not my life. I couldn't have lived it. It would have been a very claustrophobic life.

Indian Actor

Taapsee Pannu

It's very claustrophobic to live a life which is not really how you wanted to live. You are forcing yourself to be quiet and behave like someone you are not.

Indian Actress

Ralph Fiennes

I'm not very good at being domesticated. I've tried. The domestic life I find claustrophobic - the rituals and habits and patterns.

British Actor

Samantha Shannon

It is a strange world, Oxford - quite claustrophobic. I was often glad I was only there for eight weeks at a time.

British Writer

Liam Gallagher

I've got to be by trees, otherwise I get claustrophobic.

British Musician

Describes intense discomfort or fear, not just a dislike for small spaces.

Emotional Impact

Can express feeling trapped or restricted in situations, not just physical spaces.

Figurative Use

Usually has a negative tone, suggesting a need for more space or freedom.

Negative Connotation

When referring to spaces, it's used to describe a place that makes you feel closed in.

Descriptive Adjective

The term fits well in describing interior design or discussions about roominess.

Context Specific

Invokes an image of a space that can cause a psychologically uncomfortable feeling.

Visual Imagery

 We really can't see very far. Our vision, which works so well in air, all of a sudden is very restricted and claustrophobic. And what marine mammals have evolved over the last tens of millions of years is ways to depend on sound to both explore their world and also to stay in touch with one another.

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 I've spent most my life in trees you know kind of claustrophobic in woods you know when Taylor asked me to come on the expedition I was I've been to the desert before I'd spent a little time in Colorado but wasn't really sure what what I was getting into and it's really

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 proves to be more than he was prepared for. Though the novel is sometimes cited as one of the first psychological thrillers, its scope reaches far beyond Raskolnikov’s inner turmoil. From dank taverns to dilapidated apartments and claustrophobic police stations,

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 i'm just hoping that everything comes back normal and i can move on with my life so later in the day she goes to the hospital you go and you slide into this build like this little tube it's a little claustrophobic and they

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 This is one of the deadliest places on earth. Every known virus is here. It's going to seem very claustrophobic. People panic. They scream.

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