When so many characters are involved in such obsessive self-scrutiny, the close atmosphere that results can at times induce claustrophobia.

Firesong felt completely comfortable and at home here, despite the fact that this room had no windows and was inclined to induce claustrophobia.

The other reason lies in the density of Schoenberg's moving parts, all splendidly organized yet so packed together as to induce claustrophobia.

The atmosphere would have induced claustrophobia in a sardine.

The unity of theme and subject may induce claustrophobia in some readers, but it also gives this collection a synergistic wallop.

It induced artistic claustrophobia in a songwriter who insisted he wrote "for everybody," Mr. Comstock said.

Another criticism, which appeared in Die Presse of Vienna, has been that the plywood channels induced claustrophobia.

And the intimacy that binds the place can induce claustrophobia.

The building, with its circumscribed rink dimensions and intimate overhangs, is renowned for inducing claustrophobia in opposing teams.

Sleeping cubicles induce claustrophobia.