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 girl takes refuge from street life in an obsession with the films of Catherine Deneuve.
  — Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2022
• The next three years of Gorrie’s life were marked by obsession.
  — Amy Brady, Discover Magazine, 2 Dec. 2023
• My cat is the 'star' of the show, technically, due to his obsession with the dogs.
  — Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 25 May 2025
• 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
• Google’s obsession with food flow had contributed to a change in the plans for the loading docks on the ground floor of the building.
  — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2022
• 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
• And that became my obsession during the writing of the script.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Jan. 2025
• 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
• The Todd Field film centers around themes of art, lust, obsession and power.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 14 Oct. 2022
• 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.
  — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 7 Sep. 2022
• Gus's look was inspired, in part, by his new obsession with Baz Luhrmann's Elvis film.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 14 June 2023
• And so, yeah, his obsession to power is a very important step along this journey that leads us to the events of the fall of 1983.
  — CBS News, 23 Mar. 2022
• 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 lyrics capture Cano singing about his obsession with the woman, and mentioning his affinity for coke and tusi.
  — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2025
• But nothing in his tenure captures all at once the sense of arrogance, tone-deafness to the concerns of Floridians and obsession with keeping secrets.
  — Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 June 2025