fixate

Example Sentences

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Instead of getting bogged down on the day-to-day of your job, and your growing disgust for it, fixate on your bigger purpose, said Nancy Ancowitz, a career strategist, and do something to nourish that.

From Barron's • Feb. 7, 2026

But Ms. McCracken does not fixate on the aesthetic of a sentence or the mechanics of plot.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

Halpern's earlier research identified a distinct pattern of electrical activity in the NAc that appears right before a person begins to fixate on food and feels the urge to binge.

From Science Daily • Dec. 8, 2025

I jump back and fixate my phone’s camera on the creature, but that only encourages them to step closer.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2025

The Weirdos could be counted on to chew bits of their own stringy hair and fixate, non-blinking, on a dirt spot on the carpeting while a fire blazed right behind them.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan