fanatic
Example Sentences
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By the end of the first season, I was a fanatic.
From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026
With a fanatic following, limited auto production, and high margins on cars averaging about $500,000 each, Ferrari is more like a luxury company than an auto maker.
From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026
“A bigger burger is going to get the job done. It promises fullness,” said Paul Whitten, a self-professed burger fanatic who runs a Nashville-based tour company.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 30, 2026
Off-court, he’s reserved, almost shy, a chess player and Overwatch videogame fanatic whose favorite Friend is Joey and whose preferred movies are family fare like Mamma Mia and High School Musical.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 16, 2025
However much in earnest he might be, he had nothing of the single- mindedness that belongs to a fanatic.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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