monomaniac

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for monomaniac
Adjective
  • Your monomaniacal focus creates your monopoly.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • But the irony is that the fictional worlds I was most obsessed with had no place for me either.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
  • In Mysterious Skin, 1980s Kansas teenager Neil (Gordon-Levitt) becomes a hustler, and Brian (Brady Corbet) becomes obsessed with UFOs, years after playing on the same little league team and experiencing a mutual childhood trauma, during which Brian is convinced they were abducted by aliens.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • At a time when most people are fixated on their phones, said organizer Marti Miernik, the fair offers attendees a creative and educational outlet in the real world.
    Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 28 Sep. 2025
  • When a Democratic Congress responded by trying to pass a bill codifying it into law, Reagan vetoed the bill and his deregulation-fixated (but also indecency-patrolling) FCC commissioner, Mark Fowler led the commission to abolish the Fairness Doctrine.
    Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 27 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Then a frantic 19-point rally in the closing minutes made the final score feel closer than most of the night’s action let on.
    Manny Navarro, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Getting these fragrance gifts early comes with the benefits of beating the frantic shopping rush and winning at Christmas.
    Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2025
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“Monomaniac.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monomaniac. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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