How to Use addiction in a Sentence
addiction
noun- He has a drug addiction.
- His life has been ruined by heroin addiction.
- He devotes his summers to his surfing addiction.
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And a lot of us in our own lives have been touched by addiction.
—Samantha Chery, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024
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Break out of your phone addiction these last days of Lent.
—Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 4 Apr. 2022
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The money made risking his life in the ring went to feed his addiction.
—Toby Muse, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2024
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Years ago, in the throes of addiction, Teasley was homeless.
—Alison Cross, Hartford Courant, 28 Nov. 2022
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The city was once hailed for its response to addiction.
—Jessica Gallagher, New York Times, 23 May 2024
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Angie starts the show sober but struggled with drug addiction in the past.
—Rodney Ho, ajc, 28 Dec. 2022
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His addiction takes the form of a sentient cloud of smoke voiced, no kidding, by George C. Scott.
—Vulture, 13 June 2023
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His mom, Lady, had a drug addiction for the early part of his life.
—Kelsey Conway, The Enquirer, 5 Jan. 2023
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Dean noted the progress that had been made in addiction and treatment.
—Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, 15 May 2025
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She was treated for an addiction to sleeping pills in the 1980s.
—Terence McArdle, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2022
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Lee was open in his memoir about his own addiction and abuse.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 6 Apr. 2022
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With the surge in sports betting, the risk of gambling addiction rises too.
—Npr Staff, NPR, 9 Feb. 2025
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In court, Alderete blamed his crimes on a fentanyl addiction.
—Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 6 Aug. 2024
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Now, most of them come in to be treated for fentanyl addiction.
—The Enquirer, 27 Dec. 2022
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This is a standard approach to any kind of addiction, Klein said.
—Samanth Subramanian, Quartz, 15 Feb. 2022
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That’s a victory, if a small one, so long as the withdrawal doesn’t drive us back to the addiction.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2022
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Chelsea has struggled with drug addiction for a decade.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 20 Oct. 2024
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And — to be clear — some people are just wired this way, even without addiction’s pull.
—Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2023
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According to the claim, Rios lost custody of the siblings around 2015 due to drug addiction.
—Ashley Ahn, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2024
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After many years in the throes of heroin addiction, Forbes is now four years sober and has twice been named employee of the month.
—Erika Fry, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2023
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He was treated at the Betty Ford Clinic for an addiction to painkillers in 1986.
—Brian Mansfield, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2022
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And that my addiction can take on many forms and disguises.
—Eleanor Higgins, refinery29.com, 7 Aug. 2022
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In countries like Britain, sports gambling free-for-alls had left trails of addiction.
—Kenneth P. Vogel, New York Times, 20 Nov. 2022
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Williams had been open about his struggles with drug addiction.
—Phil Helsel, NBC News, 6 Apr. 2023
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Cooper first got sober at 29 years old and has been open about his past addiction struggles.
—Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 28 Feb. 2024
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However, for some, gambling is an addiction that can ruin lives and families.
—Paloma Chavez, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
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Researchers had not yet established the connection between social-media addiction and suicidal ideation.
—Charlotte Alter, Time, 20 Aug. 2025
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