How to Use obsession in a Sentence

obsession

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  • Money has become an obsession for him.
  • He was fascinated by the actress and tracking her every move had become an obsession.
  • She has an obsession about cleanliness.
  • Her concern about cleanliness approaches the level of obsession.
  • Spring brings the clubs and gear back out, and the obsession starts all over again.
    — Red Fabbri, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2023
  • The next three years of Gorrie’s life were marked by obsession.
    — Amy Brady, Discover Magazine, 2 Dec. 2023
  • What’s your take on Berlin and his obsession with love in this series?
    — Manuela Santacatterina, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Most people can trace their obsession to the past decade.
    — Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 4 Apr. 2024
  • The web’s trove of cat memes is just one aspect of our obsession with cuteness.
    — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
  • End of carousel But starting with the first Alan Wake game in 2010, Lake’s obsession turned inward.
    — Gene Park, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2023
  • These thoughts are similar to obsessions in OCD and are not the same as a desire to hurt the infant.
    — Emily Nadal, Parents, 30 Nov. 2023
  • An obsession with falling off cliffs tends to be short-lived.
    — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2023
  • The obsession with lavish weddings grew to a fever pitch in the years following the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
    — Samantha Delouya, CNN, 17 Mar. 2024
  • Gus's look was inspired, in part, by his new obsession with Baz Luhrmann's Elvis film.
    — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 14 June 2023
  • Then again, the fashion world's obsession with the early aughts has yet to loose steam, so the reference tracks.
    — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 21 Jan. 2024
  • Even still, my love for Dusk was just the gateway into my obsession with so many Cloud Paint shades.
    — Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 12 May 2023
  • Well, a fashion sporty era that is, thanks to my new spring obsession: Rugby shirts.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 18 Mar. 2024
  • The metaphor of guns also saturates the league in ways that reflect the country’s obsession with firearms.
    — A. Joseph Dial, Fortune, 25 June 2023
  • His obsession with 2020, revenge, and now all of the indictments.
    — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Less of a trending item and more like a slow-burning footwear obsession, flip flops can be worn with, well, anything.
    — Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 7 Aug. 2023
  • But for me, this has always been an obsession since the beginning of my career.
    — Kristen Bateman, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Standing up in the face of critics As the obsession to live longer continues, the research speaks for itself.
    — Byalexa Mikhail, Fortune Well, 30 July 2023
  • The graveyard opening alone portends dread, obsession and fates that are already too late to be turned away from.
    — Mikal Gilmore, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2023
  • And what opinions do Bob’s friends hold about his gentle obsession?
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2023
  • There was an obsession with the number of followers a model had.
    — Pino Gagliardi, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 June 2023
  • My field's obsession with body mass index means that many of my colleagues zone in on weight loss as a cure for every ailment.
    — Mara Gordon, NPR, 23 Mar. 2024
  • His first job out of school was as assistant salesman at Brooks Brothers, and by then clothes were his obsession.
    — Paul Croughton, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2023
  • The saga of Taylor and Burton is about extra-human obsession.
    — Andrew O’Hagan, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Slowly, Joey comes to see the importance of knowing your roots; and Randy sees the importance of sharing his obsession with his son.
    — Tom Teicholz, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Her teenage friends did not quite understand her new obsession.
    — Claretta Bellamy, NBC News, 14 Dec. 2023

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