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- adjective In a state of
hypervigilance .
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Examples
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It's completely formal after such a shocking experience to be what's called hypervigilant, to be jumpy, anxious, little things make us worried, nervous and very unhappy.
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I just want it over, and I'm being kind of hypervigilant about my boundaries: I read the news, but only when I feel like it (which is at least daily, but still).
Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway timprov 2008
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She described him as "hypervigilant," his eyes darting about, his face twitching into grimaces, his "startle response" on constant high alert.
Balkinization 2006
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She described him as "hypervigilant," his eyes darting about, his face twitching into grimaces, his "startle response" on constant high alert.
Balkinization 2006
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She described him as "hypervigilant," his eyes darting about, his face twitching into grimaces, his "startle response" on constant high alert.
Balkinization 2006
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She described him as "hypervigilant," his eyes darting about, his face twitching into grimaces, his "startle response" on constant high alert.
Balkinization 2006
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She described him as "hypervigilant," his eyes darting about, his face twitching into grimaces, his "startle response" on constant high alert.
Balkinization 2006
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She described him as "hypervigilant," his eyes darting about, his face twitching into grimaces, his "startle response" on constant high alert.
Balkinization 2006
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She described him as "hypervigilant," his eyes darting about, his face twitching into grimaces, his "startle response" on constant high alert.
Balkinization 2006
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She described him as "hypervigilant," his eyes darting about, his face twitching into grimaces, his "startle response" on constant high alert.
Balkinization 2006
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