all-consuming
adjective
: taking all of a person's time and attention : being the only thing a person thinks about
Her all-consuming passion was music.
Examples of all-consuming in a Sentence
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But the impression that Simpson’s all-consuming trial had on shaping the modern media environment cannot be overstated.
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Oliver Darcy, CNN, 12 Apr. 2024
There was no lightbulb moment, switch flick, or sudden parting of the clouds—there was just the very real, very raw, all-consuming aspects of parenthood, and space for very little else.
—Anya Meyerowitz, Glamour, 9 Apr. 2024
Running a restaurant kitchen is an all-consuming, life-sucking thing to do.
—Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 8 Apr. 2024
How can the world be full of people who have yet to experience such all-consuming beauty?
—Longreads, 29 Mar. 2024
Parents are going to want to protect their children from the all-consuming reality of these devices and these media platforms.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 27 Mar. 2024
Much has been made of the ways in which social-media sites made internet life compulsive and all-consuming.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2024
Recruiting them soon became an all-consuming task that engaged AllDoners both inside and outside of the office, leaving little time for the staff to run the business.
—IEEE Spectrum, 13 Mar. 2024
His life, therefore, is a juggling act while training for the Olympics, which is all-consuming at the moment.
—George Ramsay, CNN, 5 Mar. 2024
Oliver Darcy, CNN, 12 Apr. 2024
There was no lightbulb moment, switch flick, or sudden parting of the clouds—there was just the very real, very raw, all-consuming aspects of parenthood, and space for very little else.
—Anya Meyerowitz, Glamour, 9 Apr. 2024
Running a restaurant kitchen is an all-consuming, life-sucking thing to do.
—Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 8 Apr. 2024
How can the world be full of people who have yet to experience such all-consuming beauty?
—Longreads, 29 Mar. 2024
Parents are going to want to protect their children from the all-consuming reality of these devices and these media platforms.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 27 Mar. 2024
Much has been made of the ways in which social-media sites made internet life compulsive and all-consuming.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2024
Recruiting them soon became an all-consuming task that engaged AllDoners both inside and outside of the office, leaving little time for the staff to run the business.
—IEEE Spectrum, 13 Mar. 2024
His life, therefore, is a juggling act while training for the Olympics, which is all-consuming at the moment.
—George Ramsay, CNN, 5 Mar. 2024
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“All-consuming.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all-consuming. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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