fixated
Example Sentences
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The president is also fixated on America’s trade deficit, which is the dollar figure in goods that the U.S. exports to a particular country minus what it imports.
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026
Today’s Americans are fixated on food to a degree that would tenderize the minds of previous generations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Sandy desperately wants Margarita to get a job but her first steps toward independence come when she spies a hobby horse rehearsal and becomes fixated on joining.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026
Commodity experts on Wall Street have long been fixated on the risks associated with U.S. emergency crude-oil supplies running too low.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
The crowd pressed toward the stage, fixated on the case.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
