How to Use addiction in a Sentence

addiction

noun

• He has a drug addiction.
• His life has been ruined by heroin addiction.
• He devotes his summers to his surfing addiction.
• Now, most of them come in to be treated for fentanyl addiction.
  — The Enquirer, 27 Dec. 2022
• Angie starts the show sober but struggled with drug addiction in the past.
  — Rodney Ho, ajc, 28 Dec. 2022
• His mom, Lady, had a drug addiction for the early part of his life.
  — Kelsey Conway, The Enquirer, 5 Jan. 2023
• Minors were allowed to play for just three hours each week in a bid to prevent gaming addiction.
  — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 23 Dec. 2022
• Others have hoped to turn the powers of psychedelics toward easing opioid addiction.
  — Emily Alpert Reyes, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Jan. 2023
• While not exactly sober, Cali sober is dry and offers many folks a gateway out of addiction and into a more stable life.
  — Andrew Deangelo, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2022
• The other is the absolute addiction of too many people to their devices — checking them endlessly, getting caught in the scrolling tide, forgetting even to glance up to see if there are others in the same room.
  — Robert Rosofsky, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Dec. 2022
• In a way, addiction doctors’ lives became easier during the Covid-19 pandemic.
  — Lev Facher, STAT, 28 Dec. 2022
• Early research has also explored GLP-1 drugs for nicotine and opioid addiction, with mixed results.
  — Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
• Yet as his opioid addiction escalated, the once-inseparable siblings drifted apart.
  — Sylvan Lebrun, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2024
• Except for its addiction potential, tobacco is relatively inconsequential in terms of short-term harm.
  — Dr. Jerrold B. Leikin, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
• Growing up, Barrymore was treated for alcohol and drug addiction in the wake of her E.T.-era superstardom.
  — Ew Staff, EW.com, 27 Dec. 2022
• To help families and doctors find care, the US government maintains active lists of mental health and addiction treatment programs in a searchable database.
  — Scott Hadland, CNN, 27 Dec. 2022
• And a lot of us in our own lives have been touched by addiction.
  — Samantha Chery, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024
• The money made risking his life in the ring went to feed his addiction.
  — Toby Muse, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2024
• The city was once hailed for its response to addiction.
  — Jessica Gallagher, New York Times, 23 May 2024
• His addiction takes the form of a sentient cloud of smoke voiced, no kidding, by George C. Scott.
  — Vulture, 13 June 2023
• In court, Alderete blamed his crimes on a fentanyl addiction.
  — Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 6 Aug. 2024
• Chelsea has struggled with drug addiction for a decade.
  — Shania Russell, EW.com, 20 Oct. 2024
• And — to be clear — some people are just wired this way, even without addiction’s pull.
  — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2023
• According to the claim, Rios lost custody of the siblings around 2015 due to drug addiction.
  — Ashley Ahn, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2024
• After many years in the throes of heroin addiction, Forbes is now four years sober and has twice been named employee of the month.
  — Erika Fry, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2023
• Williams had been open about his struggles with drug addiction.
  — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 6 Apr. 2023
• Cooper first got sober at 29 years old and has been open about his past addiction struggles.
  — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 28 Feb. 2024
• My mom was struggling with drugs and addiction, so we were taken away.
  — The Foretold Team, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2023
• At first glance these women don’t seem like the faces of Oregon’s addiction crisis.
  — Story Hinckley, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Sep. 2023
• But the truth is that addiction and mental illness is the real villain here.
  — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 26 May 2024

Last Updated: 11 Dec 2024