fixated

Example Sentences

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Like Avery did for me for so much of middle school, even when I was distracted and fixated on grades.

From Literature

Movie buffs are increasingly fixated with budgets and box-office results, a shift that has reshaped how they talk about films and pushed sites like Box Office Mojo into the mainstream.

From The Wall Street Journal

He says he has been fixated on this moment from a very early age.

From BBC

As MarketWatch’s Myra P. Saefong reports, oil markets remain fixated on the threat of a U.S. attack on Iran — and this week could provide some clarity on the next move for crude prices.

From MarketWatch

And David plays Lincoln’s nemesis, Stevie Nichols, the very successful former partner of Lincoln’s late mother, upon whom the son remains perversely fixated.

From Los Angeles Times