obsession
Example Sentences
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Vernice has her sights set on college, marriage and children; Annie is mainly motivated by her obsession with finding her mother.
She is joined, yet again, by Courteney Cox’s intrusive newscaster, Gale Weathers, who is in all seven films and is meant to serve as a satiric commentary on journalism’s obsession with blood and gore.
An obsession with artificial intelligence powered the stock market to dizzying heights.
What makes the album a timeless classic are its catchy melodies; shrewd arrangements that caught the culture’s disco obsession; and Mr. Scaggs’s earthy, confessional lyrics and intimate voice.
This is where our growing obsession with achieving optimal sleep—an issue that researchers call orthosomnia—becomes harmful.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.