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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There’s plenty of time to obsess over the future and the past.
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Jessamyn Stanley,
SELF,
7 Sep. 2020
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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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The text is plain: Viewers are ready for a new show to obsess over.
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Jason Parham,
Wired,
25 June 2020
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But in 2021, the streamer plans to up the ante with even more new projects for movie lovers to obsess over.
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Ineye Komonibo,
refinery29.com,
13 Jan. 2021
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Do not get obsessed with the news, and do not keep checking for hours and hours.
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Arash Javanbakht,
CNN,
24 Apr. 2020
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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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Scroll on for some of our favorite takes on the trend, and prepare to obsess.
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Bella Cacciatore,
Glamour,
11 Dec. 2020
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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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Those who obsess over free speech, the thinking goes, are missing the point.
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Christopher Beha,
Harper's Magazine,
18 Aug. 2020
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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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He is obsessed with how he is portrayed in the news media.
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Jeremy Barr,
The Hollywood Reporter,
9 Apr. 2020
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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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The whole world is obsessed with Pickleball which is what makes this set such a great idea.
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Savannah Smith,
Rolling Stone,
4 Dec. 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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Of all the crazy TikTok trends kids have been obsessed with over the years, my teen recently informed me about one that may be the most bizarre yet.
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Melissa Willets,
Parents,
16 Dec. 2024
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Beyond these nearby galaxies are billions of others, many of them billions of light-years in the background — those that astronomers are obsessed with.
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Jamie Carter,
Forbes,
14 Dec. 2024
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