addicted
adjective
ad·dict·ed
ə-ˈdik-təd 
: having an addiction:
a
: exhibiting a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity
addicted to heroin/alcohol/gambling
addicted smokers
b
: strongly inclined to do, use, or indulge in something repeatedly
I'm addicted to great tomatoes, so I started two French varieties from seed and gave fully a third of my garden to them.—
Chris Jerome
Chris JeromeLike Sherlock Holmes, Maigret is perceived by addicted readers as a historical figure rather than a creature of fiction …—Mavis Gallant
Mavis GallantExamples of addicted in a Sentence
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This is personal for me, as my mother passed last year from lung cancer, and my father is one of the more than 18 million people who are addicted to menthol cigarettes.
—Richard Boykin, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2024
Research shows that high-frequency users are more likely to become addicted to marijuana, said Dr. David A. Gorelick, a psychiatry professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, who was not involved in the study.
—Carla K. Johnson, Fortune Well, 22 May 2024
Tucked beside railroad tracks that course through gnarly woods, the encampment harbors the disenfranchised and distrusting, the addicted and the unwell, the vulnerable and the predatory.
—Photographs Todd Heisler, New York Times, 19 May 2024
But society needs to care for the homeless, the addicted, the recently incarcerated as well as dispose of waste, build highways and patch potholes.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 19 May 2024
Boys today are more violent, more addicted to screen time, more lonely, and more likely to die by suicide than girls are.
—Courtney E. Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 May 2024
The company also misled prescribers about the nature of addiction, the news release said, claiming that patients who were exhibiting the signs of addiction were not really addicted, but simply required more medicine to relieve their pain.
—Angela Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 29 Feb. 2024
The court relied on a 1962 Supreme Court decision that said the Eighth Amendment prevented criminalizing someone’s status, Robinson v. California, specifically regarding the status of being addicted to drugs.
—Gillian Brassil, Sacramento Bee, 22 Apr. 2024
In both states, people addicted to drugs and alcohol were and are being bought and sold.
—Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, 16 Apr. 2024
Richard Boykin, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2024
Research shows that high-frequency users are more likely to become addicted to marijuana, said Dr. David A. Gorelick, a psychiatry professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, who was not involved in the study.
—Carla K. Johnson, Fortune Well, 22 May 2024
Tucked beside railroad tracks that course through gnarly woods, the encampment harbors the disenfranchised and distrusting, the addicted and the unwell, the vulnerable and the predatory.
—Photographs Todd Heisler, New York Times, 19 May 2024
But society needs to care for the homeless, the addicted, the recently incarcerated as well as dispose of waste, build highways and patch potholes.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 19 May 2024
Boys today are more violent, more addicted to screen time, more lonely, and more likely to die by suicide than girls are.
—Courtney E. Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 May 2024
The company also misled prescribers about the nature of addiction, the news release said, claiming that patients who were exhibiting the signs of addiction were not really addicted, but simply required more medicine to relieve their pain.
—Angela Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 29 Feb. 2024
The court relied on a 1962 Supreme Court decision that said the Eighth Amendment prevented criminalizing someone’s status, Robinson v. California, specifically regarding the status of being addicted to drugs.
—Gillian Brassil, Sacramento Bee, 22 Apr. 2024
In both states, people addicted to drugs and alcohol were and are being bought and sold.
—Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, 16 Apr. 2024
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