How to Use obsess in a Sentence

obsess

verb

• You need to stop obsessing and just deal with the problem.
• The war obsesses him—he talks about nothing else.
• North West is obsessed with the 2000s, just like the rest of us.
  — Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 15 Nov. 2023
• Her parents would later tell me she was obsessed with the city of Paris and the way the city looked in the evening.
  — Ismael Estrada, ABC News, 24 May 2023
• Maybe the children would be as obsessed with the child as politicians were.
  — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2023
• The thing is the normal people aren't obsessed with Trump like you guys are.
  — ABC News, 17 Dec. 2023
• There will be some fans, no doubt, who obsess over that.
  — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Oct. 2022
• Should one be obsessed with a new kitchen gadget or a new shade of paint?
  — Gina Joseph, Hartford Courant, 6 Jan. 2024
• Teixeira was obsessed with war and guns in high school.
  — Mark Scheffler, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2023
• As a kid, he was obsessed with blimps—not Billboard charts.
  — Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 24 July 2024
• So, why then does my brain still obsess over the idea of a perfect wedding?
  — Nayanika, refinery29.com, 28 June 2021
• This was the mid-nineteen-eighties, and Wiman was obsessed with Wall Street-style wealth.
  — Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2023
• What were we obsessed with, invested in and plagued by in 2023?
  — Hazlitt, 20 Dec. 2023
• Steve Jobs is the most famous example of a founder who was obsessed with the front line.
  — Nirav Tolia, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2024
• But one question home cooks don’t need to obsess over: the best oil for frying.
  — Alex Delany, Bon Appétit, 30 Nov. 2021
• Donald Trump's campaign is obsessed with the past, not the future.
  — Gabriella Abdul-Hakim, ABC News, 8 Jan. 2024
• Also around this time, my whole house was obsessed with K-pop.
  — Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Sep. 2024
• My son was obsessed with this wannabe Mister Rogers–type guy on YouTube.
  — Jonathan Goldstein, Men's Health, 17 Mar. 2023
• In a narrative way, I was obsessed with the order of the songs, what song came after what.
  — Rebecca Milzoff, Billboard, 12 May 2023
• A lot of other brands are obsessed with the main character.
  — Nick Haramis Ola Rindal Dogukan Nesanir, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2024
• Chris Klimek, host: You’ve been obsessed with Abraham Lincoln, his life and his death for most of your life.
  — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2024
• And politicians who obsess about the past are not in touch with the American people.
  — NBC News, 21 Aug. 2022
• Why are we obsessed as a mob with always killing the messenger?
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 18 Apr. 2023
• Hello!), I am obsessed with this shade of deep, warm, chocolatey brown.
  — Karina Hoshikawa, refinery29.com, 17 Sep. 2024
• If you or someone on your shopping list is obsessed with French sweets, the Eugénie is a must.
  — Hillary Maglin, Travel + Leisure, 16 Dec. 2023
• Don’t obsess over two losses to the Pirates and look at the overall picture.
  — Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2022
• Still, Carroll has long been obsessed with the notion of outliers.
  — Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2023
• Love soon turned to jealousy, with Agassi making a scene on the set of Friends when Shields played a fan obsessed with Joey.
  — Laura Lane, Peoplemag, 17 Mar. 2023
• In a sea of floaty dresses and billowy blouses, though, we’re particularly obsessed with her take on the over-the-knee boot.
  — Laura Jackson, Vogue, 31 Oct. 2024
• Very beyond focused and obsessed with pulling truth out of history.
  — George Yang, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Nov 2024