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.
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North West is obsessed with the 2000s, just like the rest of us.
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Starr Bowenbank,
Billboard,
15 Nov. 2023
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Her parents would later tell me she was obsessed with the city of Paris and the way the city looked in the evening.
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Ismael Estrada,
ABC News,
24 May 2023
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Maybe the children would be as obsessed with the child as politicians were.
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Petula Dvorak,
Washington Post,
2 Nov. 2023
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The thing is the normal people aren't obsessed with Trump like you guys are.
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ABC News,
17 Dec. 2023
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There will be some fans, no doubt, who obsess over that.
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Scott D. Pierce,
The Salt Lake Tribune,
9 Oct. 2022
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Should one be obsessed with a new kitchen gadget or a new shade of paint?
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Gina Joseph,
Hartford Courant,
6 Jan. 2024
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Teixeira was obsessed with war and guns in high school.
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Mark Scheffler,
New York Times,
16 Apr. 2023
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As a kid, he was obsessed with blimps—not Billboard charts.
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Jenzia Burgos,
StyleCaster,
24 July 2024
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So, why then does my brain still obsess over the idea of a perfect wedding?
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Nayanika,
refinery29.com,
28 June 2021
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This was the mid-nineteen-eighties, and Wiman was obsessed with Wall Street-style wealth.
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Casey Cep,
The New Yorker,
4 Dec. 2023
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What were we obsessed with, invested in and plagued by in 2023?
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Hazlitt,
20 Dec. 2023
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Steve Jobs is the most famous example of a founder who was obsessed with the front line.
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Nirav Tolia,
Fortune,
10 Sep. 2024
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But one question home cooks don’t need to obsess over: the best oil for frying.
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Alex Delany,
Bon Appétit,
30 Nov. 2021
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Donald Trump's campaign is obsessed with the past, not the future.
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Gabriella Abdul-Hakim,
ABC News,
8 Jan. 2024
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Also around this time, my whole house was obsessed with K-pop.
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Mia Galuppo,
The Hollywood Reporter,
6 Sep. 2024
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My son was obsessed with this wannabe Mister Rogers–type guy on YouTube.
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Jonathan Goldstein,
Men's Health,
17 Mar. 2023
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In a narrative way, I was obsessed with the order of the songs, what song came after what.
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Rebecca Milzoff,
Billboard,
12 May 2023
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A lot of other brands are obsessed with the main character.
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Nick Haramis Ola Rindal Dogukan Nesanir,
New York Times,
16 Feb. 2024
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Chris Klimek, host: You’ve been obsessed with Abraham Lincoln, his life and his death for most of your life.
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Chris Klimek,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 Mar. 2024
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And politicians who obsess about the past are not in touch with the American people.
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NBC News,
21 Aug. 2022
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Why are we obsessed as a mob with always killing the messenger?
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Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
18 Apr. 2023
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Hello!), I am obsessed with this shade of deep, warm, chocolatey brown.
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Karina Hoshikawa,
refinery29.com,
17 Sep. 2024
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If you or someone on your shopping list is obsessed with French sweets, the Eugénie is a must.
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Hillary Maglin,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Dec. 2023
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Don’t obsess over two losses to the Pirates and look at the overall picture.
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Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2022
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Still, Carroll has long been obsessed with the notion of outliers.
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Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz,
USA TODAY,
8 Apr. 2023
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Love soon turned to jealousy, with Agassi making a scene on the set of Friends when Shields played a fan obsessed with Joey.
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Laura Lane,
Peoplemag,
17 Mar. 2023
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In a sea of floaty dresses and billowy blouses, though, we’re particularly obsessed with her take on the over-the-knee boot.
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Laura Jackson,
Vogue,
31 Oct. 2024
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Very beyond focused and obsessed with pulling truth out of history.
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George Yang,
Rolling Stone,
30 Oct. 2024
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