addicted

Example Sentences

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Addicted to adventure, he was never without his parachute as he sky-dived and base-jumped around the world.

From New York Times • Oct. 29, 2023

Dr. Nicole Avena, an assistant professor of neuroscience at Mount Sinai Medical School and a visiting professor of health psychology at Princeton University, wrote the book "Why Diets Fail: Because You're Addicted to Sugar."

From Salon • Oct. 31, 2022

Now, at the suggestion of Hopelessly Addicted to Loserdom Duncan Stevens, we present the sequel.

From Washington Post • Jun. 4, 2020

Addicted to books and proudly without a cellphone, my father is turning 75 next week.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2020

Addicted to their own pursuits, and considering their own condition as the standard of human felicity, all nations pretend to the preference, and in their practice give sufficient proof of sincerity.

From An Essay on the History of Civil Society, Eighth Edition by Ferguson, Adam