addict

Example Sentences

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Speaking about Cassie, he said: "She's very addicted to social media and envious of what appears to be the big lives that all of her high school classmates are living at this point in time."

From BBC

People spend a lot of time scrolling through videos on social media, addicted to their phones instead of interacting with their friends and family.

From Los Angeles Times

YouTube’s lawyers argued that she didn’t spend enough time on the platform to be addicted.

From The Wall Street Journal

There’s one antiprinciple to this: Do not invest in companies that intentionally try to addict their customers to spend more time, attention and money on them, to the detriment of those customers’ flourishing.

From MarketWatch

She does not place explicit limits on her children's screen time, but says this means they are not "addicted" to their devices and are happy to go to the park or out for a walk.

From BBC