How to Use obsession in a Sentence

obsession

noun
  • Money has become an obsession for him.
  • He was fascinated by the actress and tracking her every move had become an obsession.
  • She has an obsession about cleanliness.
  • Her concern about cleanliness approaches the level of obsession.
  • Spring brings the clubs and gear back out, and the obsession starts all over again.
    Red Fabbri, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2023
  • The next three years of Gorrie’s life were marked by obsession.
    Amy Brady, Discover Magazine, 2 Dec. 2023
  • Read our latest obsession email and sign up for the list here.
    Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 8 May 2024
  • At one point the Green Bay Packers had a Catan obsession.
    Dan Zak, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2023
  • What’s your take on Berlin and his obsession with love in this series?
    Manuela Santacatterina, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Most people can trace their obsession to the past decade.
    Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 4 Apr. 2024
  • The web’s trove of cat memes is just one aspect of our obsession with cuteness.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
  • This was the magic of Quincy Jones, his own ear and his own obsessions.
    Hanif Abdurraqib, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Free agency is the hot-stove winter obsession, and trade talk takes a back seat this time of year.
    Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Dec. 2022
  • End of carousel But starting with the first Alan Wake game in 2010, Lake’s obsession turned inward.
    Gene Park, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2023
  • These thoughts are similar to obsessions in OCD and are not the same as a desire to hurt the infant.
    Emily Nadal, Parents, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The end of British piracy was, oddly, the start of Britain’s pirate obsession.
    Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
  • An obsession with falling off cliffs tends to be short-lived.
    Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2023
  • The obsession with lavish weddings grew to a fever pitch in the years following the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
    Samantha Delouya, CNN, 17 Mar. 2024
  • Gus's look was inspired, in part, by his new obsession with Baz Luhrmann's Elvis film.
    Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 14 June 2023
  • Then again, the fashion world's obsession with the early aughts has yet to loose steam, so the reference tracks.
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 21 Jan. 2024
  • For the time being, your obsession with them can spur you forward.
    Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 12 Aug. 2024
  • The green and gold turn up once in a while in the original series, chiefly through Red's obsession with the Pack during the not-so-great 1970s years.
    Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Even still, my love for Dusk was just the gateway into my obsession with so many Cloud Paint shades.
    Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 12 May 2023
  • The shades, the packaging, and the colour payoff are all obsession-worthy.
    Megan Decker, refinery29.com, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Well, a fashion sporty era that is, thanks to my new spring obsession: Rugby shirts.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 18 Mar. 2024
  • The metaphor of guns also saturates the league in ways that reflect the country’s obsession with firearms.
    A. Joseph Dial, Fortune, 25 June 2023
  • Now, he’s finally put his obsession with the most important meal of the day to good use.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 3 May 2024
  • But the phrase doesn't appear to be just an obsession among the media and D.C. punditry.
    Tia Yang, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2024
  • He is represented by no gallery, and works in a basement in Brooklyn, from which emerges the fruits of his weird obsessions.
    Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
  • His obsession with religion and control plays hand-in-hand to make a pretty entertaining film.
    Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 6 Nov. 2024

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