How to Use addicted in a Sentence

addicted

adjective

• That is when the addicted were forced to turn to black-market pills and street heroin.
  — Andrew Sullivan, Daily Intelligencer, 20 Feb. 2018
• Many athletes, after all, are addicted to the thrill of the chase.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 28 July 2024
• Michelle’s addicted to the need for her own self-destruction.
  — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 18 July 2025
• Phan had become addicted to meth after an older white client gave it to him.
  — Jesse Barron, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2020
• Lark ended up on her own, addicted to crack on the streets of Dallas.
  — Author: Charles Wohlforth, Alaska Dispatch News, 10 Dec. 2016
• Winder had become addicted to pain pills and died of a heroin overdose.
  — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 15 Oct. 2017
• Still, she is turned on by the feeling of being captive and addicted.
  — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 17 Nov. 2023
• Tisdale didn’t know for a long time that her bright, funny son had become addicted.
  — Leslie Renken, The Seattle Times, 17 Feb. 2018
• Brand the groceries just like drugs and get people addicted, but to something good!
  — Brittany Delay, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2025
• The point is, people are connected, if not addicted, to their phones.
  — Shep Hyken, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
• Some people become addicted to the substance and take too much.
  — Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
• Some sold the pills on the streets; countless others became addicted.
  — John Caniglia, cleveland, 1 Dec. 2019
• The child was born addicted to drugs and is dealing with a myriad of health issues.
  — Deborah Yetter, The Courier-Journal, 28 Apr. 2017
• In both states, people addicted to drugs and alcohol were and are being bought and sold.
  — Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, 16 Apr. 2024
• But Wall Street may just be too addicted to the massive customer give-aways.
  — Samantha Subin, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2025
• Jane has thought long and hard about why some people from the same background become addicted and others don't.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 21 Jan. 2018
• Low, low rates are the Fed’s lot, as people nowadays are addicted to cheap money.
  — Larry Light, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2020
• At the time, Joshua's mother was addicted to drugs, and his father had drifted away from home.
  — Michael Rezendes, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2019
• Why should this effect prove so helpful to the depressed, addicted, and anxious?
  — Krista Stevens, Longreads, 14 May 2018
• His mother is addicted to drugs and in the past has stolen his money and medications.
  — New York Times, 6 Feb. 2020
• Because a delay in treatment can prove fatal for those addicted to opioids, time is of the essence.
  — Monique Judge, The Root, 6 Oct. 2017
• The patient hashed out issues of growing attached to men and feeling addicted to their love.
  — Melissa Fossum, azcentral, 5 Mar. 2018
• The daughters say this was also around the time that their mother ended up on the street and became addicted to meth.
  — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2025
• Simpson's mom was 16 when he was born and became addicted to crack, and his dad abandoned him at birth.
  — Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 12 Feb. 2026
• Hyman became addicted to those skates.
  — Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
• Too many of us have bought into the notion that teenagers are passive, addicted to their phones and lacking civic awareness.
  — Laura McKnight, NOLA.com, 27 Apr. 2018
• My body was addicted to a pattern of spiking dopamine, and my mind was addicted to the comfort of fitting in.
  — Matt Robison, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025
• Being very addicted to the male gaze and being this party queen with two children felt adequate.
  — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 31 Jan. 2026
• Don’t be intimidated by the smell; fans of the dish are addicted to the funky umami flavor.
  — Kaila Yu, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
• The selling of organs is a drug to which the Chinese health system has become addicted.
  — John Rossomando, National Review, 11 Feb. 2022