fixate

Example Sentences

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Homeowners are often so fixated on what will increase the value of their property that they forget they are supposed to enjoy the space, too.

From MarketWatch

Alas, children these days spend many of their waking hours indoors, fixated on screens.

From The Wall Street Journal

So why is it this one I’m fixated on?

From Los Angeles Times

Rather than fixating on Jefferson’s quill scratches, Mr. Amar illuminates how this equality ethos resonated with America’s most profound thinkers—from the fiery eloquence of Frederick Douglass to the unyielding advocacy of Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

From The Wall Street Journal

I look that way and oops, there’s Gene, doing his best impression of a fixated hyena or grizzly or something.

From Literature