all-consuming
Example Sentences
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The stories frame the all-consuming desire for retaliation as an integral aspect of our mortal lives; no one gets out without hankering for a bit of vengeance.
From Salon • May 19, 2026
Teaching is an "all-consuming role", she says, and the behavioural issues she has to handle in the classroom can take an emotional toll - which she sometimes struggles to leave at the school gates.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
Flea, was a little boy, his attraction to the trumpet was all-consuming and amorous.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
In popular culture, as Mr. Tuck observes, the eruption is usually represented as all-consuming.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026
Running for president, I understand now, is an all-consuming, full-body effort for every person involved, and good campaigns tend to involve a stage-setting, groundwork-laying preamble, which can add whole years to the effort.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
