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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Meanwhile, some addiction treatment providers are eager to use the funds to plug gaps in services.
    Katheryn Houghton, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2023
  • In Vanessa’s case, that person was a childhood friend, herself in the throes of addiction.
    David Ovalle, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Brill has been open about the fact that the show takes a toll on him, due to its parallels to his own struggles with addiction and his own messy divorce.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 17 June 2024
  • Thousands more in the region have been touched by the scourge of addiction, which is where Botteicher comes in.
    Sarah Boden, NPR, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Beau Mann was the founder of Sober Grid, an app meant to help support people in recovery for addiction.
    John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com, 10 May 2023
  • For all its moments of tension and terror, Hall’s book is in many ways a story of addiction.
    Manuel Roig-Franzia, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2023
  • As the mother struggles with drug addiction, Holiday steps in as a parental figure and tries to help them through tough times together.
    Cydney Lee and Kevin Jacobsen Published, EW.com, 18 Dec. 2024
  • In many of the cases NBC News uncovered, the people whose bodies went unclaimed were homeless, struggling with drug addiction or estranged from their families.
    Anagilmara Vílchez, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2024

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