How to Use obsession in a Sentence

obsession

noun

• Money has become an obsession for him.
• He was fascinated by the actress and tracking her every move had become an obsession.
• She has an obsession about cleanliness.
• Her concern about cleanliness approaches the level of obsession.
• Spring brings the clubs and gear back out, and the obsession starts all over again.
  — Red Fabbri, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2023
• The next three years of Gorrie’s life were marked by obsession.
  — Amy Brady, Discover Magazine, 2 Dec. 2023
• Read our latest obsession email and sign up for the list here.
  — Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 8 May 2024
• At one point the Green Bay Packers had a Catan obsession.
  — Dan Zak, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2023
• What’s your take on Berlin and his obsession with love in this series?
  — Manuela Santacatterina, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2024
• Most people can trace their obsession to the past decade.
  — Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 4 Apr. 2024
• The web’s trove of cat memes is just one aspect of our obsession with cuteness.
  — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
• This was the magic of Quincy Jones, his own ear and his own obsessions.
  — Hanif Abdurraqib, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
• Free agency is the hot-stove winter obsession, and trade talk takes a back seat this time of year.
  — Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Dec. 2022
• End of carousel But starting with the first Alan Wake game in 2010, Lake’s obsession turned inward.
  — Gene Park, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2023
• These thoughts are similar to obsessions in OCD and are not the same as a desire to hurt the infant.
  — Emily Nadal, Parents, 30 Nov. 2023
• The end of British piracy was, oddly, the start of Britain’s pirate obsession.
  — Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
• An obsession with falling off cliffs tends to be short-lived.
  — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2023
• The obsession with lavish weddings grew to a fever pitch in the years following the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
  — Samantha Delouya, CNN, 17 Mar. 2024
• Gus's look was inspired, in part, by his new obsession with Baz Luhrmann's Elvis film.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 14 June 2023
• Then again, the fashion world's obsession with the early aughts has yet to loose steam, so the reference tracks.
  — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 21 Jan. 2024
• For the time being, your obsession with them can spur you forward.
  — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 12 Aug. 2024
• The green and gold turn up once in a while in the original series, chiefly through Red's obsession with the Pack during the not-so-great 1970s years.
  — Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2023
• Even still, my love for Dusk was just the gateway into my obsession with so many Cloud Paint shades.
  — Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 12 May 2023
• The shades, the packaging, and the colour payoff are all obsession-worthy.
  — Megan Decker, refinery29.com, 29 Mar. 2023
• Well, a fashion sporty era that is, thanks to my new spring obsession: Rugby shirts.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 18 Mar. 2024
• The metaphor of guns also saturates the league in ways that reflect the country’s obsession with firearms.
  — A. Joseph Dial, Fortune, 25 June 2023
• Now, he’s finally put his obsession with the most important meal of the day to good use.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 3 May 2024
• But the phrase doesn't appear to be just an obsession among the media and D.C. punditry.
  — Tia Yang, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2024
• He is represented by no gallery, and works in a basement in Brooklyn, from which emerges the fruits of his weird obsessions.
  — Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
• His obsession with athletic shoes and sleek clothing has been innate rather than forced, according to him.
  — Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 5 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 11 Dec 2024