all-consuming
Example Sentences
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Barnes & Noble CEO James Daunt attributes the decline in serious nonfiction sales to the fact that everyday events are all-consuming.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
But what he loved, he loved with an all-consuming passion.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
It threatens to become an all-consuming task for the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 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
He wanted to know as little as possible, to feel only enough to get through the day amiably and to be interesting enough to warrant the curiosity of other people— but not their all-consuming devotion.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
