fixated

Example Sentences

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It makes sense, then, that he spent much of his time in ’90s celebrity culture fixated on O.J.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

But it’s possible to become overly fixated on audits, Sepp said.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

A sugar-obsessed child of the 1960s, fixated on Milky Ways, Pom Poms and Mallo Cups, I’ve mostly given up sweets—even my grandchildrens’ Halloween stashes don’t interest me.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

We spend so much time consumed by the now, and when we’re not, we’re fixated on the future and its glaring unpredictability.

From Salon • May 25, 2026

It was written in one long paragraph, with little punctuation and many spelling errors, and at first I fixated on these grammatical irregularities as a way to mute the text.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover