How to Use sociopathic in a Sentence

sociopathic

adjective
  • James was a sociopathic hunter who tracked and killed humans and vampires alike.
    — Absurdity, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2022
  • The three or four boys in my year who weren’t totally sociopathic.
    — Literary Hub, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Harper is a bit of a dead-eyed, ruthless, sociopathic great white shark.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 2 Mar. 2026
  • He is portrayed as sociopathic, to put it not as lightly.
    — Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 23 June 2026
  • This is hardly the first time Dornan has played a sociopathic killer.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 9 Aug. 2019
  • In all of these states, that near-sociopathic behavior was legal.
    — Kurt Eichenwald, Newsweek, 16 July 2015
  • Are their leaders the loudest, most sociopathic members of their hives?
    — Dennard Dayle, The New Yorker, 6 June 2022
  • Everyone else who isn’t a sociopathic weirdo will be tuned in to the Big Game.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Even the most sociopathic ex can only wreck one relationship at a time.
    — Angela Chen, Vox, 26 Mar. 2025
  • The only defense is offense, which this sociopathic liar has practiced all his life.
    — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 26 Sep. 2022
  • But then the more sociopathic side of the spectrum might be Kelly-Anne.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Blake is a sociopathic control freak who walks around as if Hans Landa ruled the college dorms.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 19 June 2025
  • This story is a dark tour through a sociopathic mind, but Nutting has achieved something special.
    — The Week Staff, The Week, 16 Aug. 2021
  • Scenery is chewed as Wahlberg sports a faux Southern accent and flashes a sociopathic glint in his eye.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Were there any semi-sociopathic pop culture cliques that inspired the Players?
    — Mary Sollosi, EW.com, 30 July 2020
  • Platt, as an actor, is all heart, which makes his casting as the possibly sociopathic Payton seem like a strange choice.
    — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 27 Sep. 2019
  • That's really way more sociopathic than someone who doesn't really have much more control over it and is compelled to put this suit on.
    — Jessica Wang, EW.com, 13 Mar. 2022
  • Along the way, what Carr found was not a sociopathic young woman who wanted the attention that her boyfriend’s death would likely bring her.
    — Cady Drell, Marie Claire, 12 June 2019
  • The character, as presented, is a liar, an abuser, and a flyweight sociopathic pest.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 4 June 2023
  • In truth, this sociopathic leading lady should be unlikeable.
    — Rebecca Cope, Vogue, 7 Mar. 2026
  • At its center is Dix Steele, a sociopathic killer masquerading as a writer, who in the end turns out to be too smart for his own good.
    — Boris Kachka, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2023
  • There are certain words now that everyone is using to attempt to be the most aggressive, or sociopathic or ironic.
    — George Varga, sandiegouniontribune.com, 18 May 2017
  • DiCaprio starred in the film as the sociopathic slave owner Calvin Candie.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Because just for the record, Augustus was kind of a sociopathic murderer.
    — Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Ellis joined the cast for the second season as a married sociopathic professor who has an affair with Bree.
    — Dana Feldman, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2024
  • If readers are at all uncertain of his sociopathic tendencies, Heathcliff then hangs his wife’s dog.
    — Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Come for the high-speed car chases, stay for Bradley Cooper as a sociopathic criminal with dreadlocks.
    — Johnny Loftus, EW.com, 24 Aug. 2022
  • Not in the borderline-sociopathic murderer way, but in the wanting to want something your heart doesn't really want way.
    — Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire, 13 July 2017
  • Sheridan seems to be suggesting that a woman needs to be twice as sociopathic as a man to succeed in modern America.
    — Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 9 Mar. 2025
  • Chrissy is a trend-setter in the vein of Regina George, but without the sociopathic tendencies.
    — Laura Beck, Cosmopolitan, 3 July 2017

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