paranoid state in a sentence

The mere fact that these rumors are circulating so wildly reveals the paranoid state of mind into which Russia's democratic government has slipped; and it calls into question its ability to responsibly run a nuclear armed, former superpower.
After Ceausescu was deposed as part of a widespread anti-communist upheaval in Europe in 1989, Securitate police files showed with chilling clarity how a paranoid state spied on its citizens with telephone taps, mail intercepts, photographic surveillance and paid informants.
Friends believed that Michael's line of work led to a " paranoid state " . " USA Today " reported that in the days before his death, Hastings believed his car was being " tampered with " and that he was scared and wanted to leave town.
After this latest flurry in the UNABOM investigation, serial killer experts said it was clear that the Unabomber, now jealous of the notoriety surrounding Timothy McVeigh, the chief suspect in the Oklahoma City bombing two months ago, may be craving more recognition and may also be sliding quickly into a paranoid state.
In August 1822, Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, who was both the George IV where he said that he was being blackmailed, and that " I am accused of the same crime as the Bishop of Clogher . " He committed suicide shortly afterwards, and was thought to have been in a paranoid state at the time.

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