How to Use obsess in a Sentence

obsess

verb
  • You need to stop obsessing and just deal with the problem.
  • The war obsesses him—he talks about nothing else.
  • North West is obsessed with the 2000s, just like the rest of us.
    — Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 15 Nov. 2023
  • From the age of 4 or 5, I've been obsessed with beaches and planes.
    — Maureen MacKey, Fox News, 5 Feb. 2025
  • There’s plenty of time to obsess over the future and the past.
    — Jessamyn Stanley, SELF, 7 Sep. 2020
  • Manfred has been obsessed with the three-hour game and pace of play.
    — Jeff Bailey, The Denver Post, 23 Dec. 2019
  • Her parents would later tell me she was obsessed with the city of Paris and the way the city looked in the evening.
    — Ismael Estrada, ABC News, 24 May 2023
  • The text is plain: Viewers are ready for a new show to obsess over.
    — Jason Parham, Wired, 25 June 2020
  • He was obsessed with lips, and now I'm known as the lip person.
    — Allure Editors, Allure, 17 Jan. 2025
  • But in 2021, the streamer plans to up the ante with even more new projects for movie lovers to obsess over.
    — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 13 Jan. 2021
  • Trump, in turn, has long been obsessed with the network.
    — Cliff Schecter, The New Republic, 6 Aug. 2019
  • One thing is for sure—your ex-friends are obsessed with you.
    — Roya Backlund, StyleCaster, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Do not get obsessed with the news, and do not keep checking for hours and hours.
    — Arash Javanbakht, The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2020
  • Do not get obsessed with the news, and do not keep checking for hours and hours.
    — Arash Javanbakht, CNN, 24 Apr. 2020
  • Do not get obsessed with the news, and do not keep checking for hours and hours.
    — Arash Javanbakht, CNN, 24 Apr. 2020
  • Maybe the children would be as obsessed with the child as politicians were.
    — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2023
  • The thing is the normal people aren't obsessed with Trump like you guys are.
    — ABC News, 17 Dec. 2023
  • There will be some fans, no doubt, who obsess over that.
    — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Oct. 2022
  • Other times, The Black Crowes were the perfect band to obsess over.
    — Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 17 Oct. 2019
  • Of course a pre-teen girl would be obsessed with the song from the fantasy hit.
    — Rachel Paige, refinery29.com, 5 July 2019
  • Scroll on for some of our favorite takes on the trend, and prepare to obsess.
    — Bella Cacciatore, Glamour, 11 Dec. 2020
  • Should one be obsessed with a new kitchen gadget or a new shade of paint?
    — Gina Joseph, Hartford Courant, 6 Jan. 2024
  • Teixeira was obsessed with war and guns in high school.
    — Mark Scheffler, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Those who obsess over free speech, the thinking goes, are missing the point.
    — Christopher Beha, Harper's Magazine, 18 Aug. 2020
  • As a kid, he was obsessed with blimps—not Billboard charts.
    — Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 24 July 2024
  • Some of our clients still want that — Zach Justice is obsessed with film.
    — Ethan Millman, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2025
  • He is obsessed with how he is portrayed in the news media.
    — Jeremy Barr, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Apr. 2020
  • So, why then does my brain still obsess over the idea of a perfect wedding?
    — Nayanika, refinery29.com, 28 June 2021
  • As a kid, I was obsessed with two things: fashion and climate change.
    — Erin Allweiss, Vogue, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Since that fateful week last spring, devoted fans on both sides have been obsessed with proving their man right.
    — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 30 Apr. 2025

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