How to Use fixated in a Sentence

fixated

adjective

• Schlesinger thinks history ought to be taught warts and all — and don’t get too fixated on the warts.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 20 Aug. 2020
• So some of the early sci-fi writers were pretty fixated on that.
  — Ed Finn, Slate Magazine, 12 Sep. 2017
• The best dogs for the job are those that have a tendency to become fixated on a task and won’t rest until it’s completed.
  — Sydney Page, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2023
• If the GOP wants a leader who is less fixated on personal grievances and petty insults, the choice will be clear.
  — W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner, 29 Mar. 2023
• Back at the 251st’s command center, a commander named Volodymyr remained fixated on the drone feed, his eyes red from hours of watching.
  — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2023
• Results show Android users are much more fixated on Apple than the other way around.
  — PCMAG, 30 Mar. 2022
• The president also appears fixated on reducing the size of the U.S. trade deficit.
  — Mark Zandi, Philly.com, 22 June 2018
• Some of them are probably looking for my content, but some of them are probably a little too fixated on the man, not the message.
  — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 5 May 2011
• Most people would remain fixated on the eyesores — not the potential.
  — Lauren Smith, House Beautiful, 4 Nov. 2016
• The two become fixated on destroying one another; all the while, their own lives are collapsing around them.
  — Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 12 Apr. 2023
• The only person who doesn’t depart after each of these incursions is Chad Somers, who remains more fixated than ever on the hole.
  — Popular Mechanics, 14 Apr. 2023
• Most guys are much more fixated on training mirror muscles like the biceps, triceps, chest, and abs, which are all great, but will have much less of a performance payoff.
  — David Otey, Men's Health, 30 Mar. 2023
• Little wonder that these same mortals became so fixated on their monarch’s every move—and still are today.
  — Tracy Borman, WSJ, 28 Jan. 2022
• But even those dewy sentiments don’t seem to explain just how fixated Nunes was on the island territory.
  — Jason Zengerle, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2018
• Clean eating Teens (or adults) can start out trying to eat more healthy but become fixated on food quality and purity.
  — By Rochelle Koff, miamiherald, 21 July 2017
• Each tale is about a ruler (Lear, with a kingdom; Captain Ahab, a whaling ship) who becomes so fixated on an idea that good governing gets subverted.
  — Daryl H. Miller, latimes.com, 14 June 2019
• But Schwartz said the plans she’s viewed seem weak, too fixated on what went wrong in that specific incident rather than examining larger trends.
  — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2024
• The idea was to add another weapon to his game, piece by piece, building an all-around basketball player even as coaches and scouts outside remained fixated on White’s scrawny frame.
  — Nick Kosmider, The Denver Post, 9 May 2017
• And why do Americans seem fixated on making Buchanan our first gay president?
  — Thomas Balcerski, Smithsonian, 28 Aug. 2019
• Both are free agents once again, and both centers remained fixated on this campaign when previously asked about their future.
  — Conor Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 1 May 2023
• Instead of being upset about having to wait an extra week for a new episode, fans on social media seem much more fixated on the idea of soon seeing Japril together.
  — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 30 Apr. 2021
• Hart is still working at becoming something more but seems most fixated on improving his shot.
  — Bob Brookover, Philly.com, 15 June 2017
• Trump has become even more fixated on it, since his nemesis Chuck Schumer was an early sponsor of the legislation (back when Trump was in the business of building and closing casinos).
  — Christine M. Flowers, Philly.com, 2 Nov. 2017
• Which helps to explain why the party seems so fixated on installing anti-democratic means of gaining and holding power.
  — Damon Linker, The Week, 2 June 2021
• Waiting for her outside was Ray Greene, a white Jacksonville lawyer and entrepreneur who had become fixated on her story.
  — Jeff Maysh, Smithsonian, 28 June 2018
• His sister Annie said around that time her brother was more fixated on human threats, like famine or riots that could trigger violence.
  — Nitasha Tiku, Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2023
• Taipei has been somewhat less fixated on this particular threat.
  — Isaac Kardon, Foreign Affairs, 21 May 2024
• When another actor who has the same features as his former self (Adam Pearson) is cast as him in a stage production based on his life, Edward becomes fixated on him.
  — Jessica Wang, EW.com, 22 Jan. 2024
• Moon viewed mainstay Republicans as too fixated on regime change.
  — Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2024
• Many remain fixated on the path of interest-rate hikes and have been watching for an economic slowdown, which might mean the Federal Reserve will ease up on its rate increases.
  — Gunjan Banerji, WSJ, 4 Nov. 2022

Last Updated: 16 Nov 2024