How to Use compulsive in a Sentence

compulsive

adjective

• Settle in for what’s guaranteed to be a compulsive watch.
  — Radhika Seth, Vogue, 25 July 2024
• Way too many geriatrics with diminished ability in there, and all are compulsive liars.
  — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 13 July 2024
• We are known for our obsession with order; a compulsive need to systemize everything into neat and tidy sections.
  — Olivia Morelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 July 2024
• This is a character defined at the outset by nothing more than the seemingly compulsive need to shower gifts and gold on a mob of ornately fawning friends.
  — Geoffrey O’Brien, The New York Review of Books, 29 Jan. 2020
• In good news for compulsive binge-viewers, Netflix has made autoplay previews an optional feature.
  — Clay Chandler, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2020
• Human selection for traits such as herding or guarding may have predisposed some breeds to engage in compulsive behaviors, Lohi says.
  — Jim Daley, Scientific American, 5 Mar. 2020
• Her compulsive need to talk likely deprives her of richer relationships, growth and personal development.
  — cleveland, 9 Feb. 2020
• Shulman, who counsels recovering shopaholics and shoplifters, said compulsive shopping is becoming a growing problem for many people.
  — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 12 Dec. 2019
• Despite advancements in research, there is not a consensus on what causes some individuals to develop compulsive habits.
  — Holly V. Hays, Indianapolis Star, 26 Nov. 2019
• In it, Sandler stars as Howard Ratner, a gemstone merchant and compulsive gambler whose wide web of debts, betrayals and schemes render his life a mad scramble.
  — Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2019
• Any behavior which becomes compulsive can become problematic.
  — Dr. Nan Wise, Glamour, 17 Feb. 2020
• Film noir tends to be about two things: compulsive love and the crimes that get in the way of it.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 21 Jan. 2024
• This predilection points to a compulsive hold on the life force that had propelled her from the start.
  — Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2021
• Greene was a compulsive gambler who shrugged off the loss of pot loads of money.
  — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2023
• The key signs of CHS are regular pot use and compulsive bathing.
  — Molly Sullivan, Sacramento Bee, 21 Feb. 2024
• Resist the compulsive drive to grade the Cowboys draft more than a week before the class reports to The Star for practice.
  — David Moore, Dallas News, 5 May 2021
• But the compulsive workouts only left him more tired, more on edge.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Oct. 2020
• Keep your crabby comments and compulsive shopping on the down-low — at least for those 10 days.
  — Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 20 Oct. 2023
• This sent me on a search to find the answers to two questions: Why are some people compulsive talkers?
  — Dan Lyons, Time, 19 Jan. 2023
• So there’s something kind of compulsive about her desire to teach these lessons, in this very structured way.
  — Emma Dibdin, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 Dec. 2020
• Some of you may wonder how my wife puts up with living with a compulsive punster.
  — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2022
• There were the compulsive purchases on QVC of beauty products that weren’t in short supply around the house.
  — Greg Swatek, baltimoresun.com, 17 May 2021
• But your wife’s compulsive smartphone use seems beyond the point of reason.
  — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 26 June 2021
• Not everything has to be Rick and Morty; hell, even Rick and Morty’s compulsive meta-commentary can be too much.
  — Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2023
• Over the course of eight, two-hour episodes, viewers will take a look inside of the lives of those living with and suffering from compulsive hoarding.
  — oregonlive, 22 Mar. 2021
• To compensate for these feelings, some of us may make a compulsive purchase in order to self-soothe.
  — Taayoo Murray, Essence, 4 Dec. 2023
• Darcy takes on topics like consumerist malaise, the loneliness of compulsive scrolling, and the constant threat of war.
  — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 6 Apr. 2022
• As a travel writer and compulsive face-toucher, this has been a stressful time.
  — cleveland, 29 Mar. 2020
• But please be aware that compulsive gambling is an addiction, and your fiance could fall off the wagon at any time.
  — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 12 July 2023
• Technology has raised the stakes for those with compulsive habits.
  — David A. Lieb, The Enquirer, 7 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 15 Sep 2024