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.
• 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
• Years ago, in the throes of addiction, Teasley was homeless.
  — Alison Cross, Hartford Courant, 28 Nov. 2022
• The city was once hailed for its response to addiction.
  — Jessica Gallagher, New York Times, 23 May 2024
• Angie starts the show sober but struggled with drug addiction in the past.
  — Rodney Ho, ajc, 28 Dec. 2022
• His addiction takes the form of a sentient cloud of smoke voiced, no kidding, by George C. Scott.
  — Vulture, 13 June 2023
• His mom, Lady, had a drug addiction for the early part of his life.
  — Kelsey Conway, The Enquirer, 5 Jan. 2023
• She was treated for an addiction to sleeping pills in the 1980s.
  — Terence McArdle, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2022
• With the surge in sports betting, the risk of gambling addiction rises too.
  — Npr Staff, NPR, 9 Feb. 2025
• In court, Alderete blamed his crimes on a fentanyl addiction.
  — Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 6 Aug. 2024
• Now, most of them come in to be treated for fentanyl addiction.
  — The Enquirer, 27 Dec. 2022
• That’s a victory, if a small one, so long as the withdrawal doesn’t drive us back to the addiction.
  — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2022
• 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
• He was treated at the Betty Ford Clinic for an addiction to painkillers in 1986.
  — Brian Mansfield, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2022
• And that my addiction can take on many forms and disguises.
  — Eleanor Higgins, refinery29.com, 7 Aug. 2022
• In countries like Britain, sports gambling free-for-alls had left trails of addiction.
  — Kenneth P. Vogel, New York Times, 20 Nov. 2022
• 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
• The drugs that came with surgery set her on course for a heroin addiction, which finally killed her.
  — Molly Fischer, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2024
• His parents were in the grips of crack addiction and struggling to care for their five kids, relatives say.
  — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2022
• My mom was struggling with drugs and addiction, so we were taken away.
  — The Foretold Team, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2023
• His health condition was made worse by years spent on the road and battling addiction.
  — Fox News, 12 Sep. 2022
• His chemistry with Wagner Moura is raw and lived-in, capturing the tension of two men bound by friendship, addiction, and a hustle that’s inching toward collapse.
  — Okla Jones, Essence, 30 Mar. 2025
• In each monthly episode, Carton sits down with people who have experienced the highs and lows of gambling addiction, aiming to break the stigma around gambling disorder and highlight paths to recovery.
  — Nicole Kraft, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025