fanatic

Example Sentences

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By the end of the first season, I was a fanatic.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

With a fanatic following, limited auto production, and high margins on cars averaging about $500,000 each, Ferrari is more like a luxury company than an auto maker.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

This comes just three months after a Gavin and Stacey fanatic bought Doris's home over the road, which included original furniture from the show.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026

In 1937 Secretary of State Cordell Hull apologized to the German government after New York Mayor Fiorello La Guardia referred to Hitler as “a fanatic who is now menacing the peace of the world.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

However much in earnest he might be, he had nothing of the single- mindedness that belongs to a fanatic.

From "1984" by George Orwell