Definition of obsess
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Examples of obsess in a Sentence
The war obsesses him—he talks about nothing else.
You need to stop obsessing and just deal with the problem.
Recent Examples of obsess from the Web
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The comics, the animated series and the game Mr. Zhu is obsessed with have one thing in common: they’re all created by Tencent Holdings Ltd.
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As Mr. Pecknold grew increasingly obsessed with realizing his vision, his band mates often became little more than sidemen.
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The Invincible Armour (1977) Invincible Obsessed Fighter (1982)
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It's obsessed over endlessly while also somehow seemingly easy—just show up is often the moral of stories about dads.
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Men’s basketball coach Brian Katz obsesses over the fact former President Bill Clinton has made repeated appearances at rival UC Davis but has never been seen at Sac State.
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The World Taxidermy Championships, a Super Bowl for handy people obsessed with bringing the dead back to some semblance of life, happened earlier this month.
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If there is a Many-Faced God, then Ryan will eventually have an opportunity to talk about Game of Thrones with Mike Zahalsky, the Healers tribe doctor who is absolutely obsessed with all things Westeros.
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He’s obsessed with sounding smart all the time and turns mansplaining into an art form, always turning any and all academic debates into mostly a monologue about his own thoughts.
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OBSESS Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of obsess for English Language Learners
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: to be the only person or thing that someone thinks or talks about
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: to think and talk about someone or something too much
OBSESS Defined for Kids
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playDefinition of obsess for Students
obsessed
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: to occupy the thoughts of completely or abnormally A new scheme obsesses him.
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