fixated

Example Sentences

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She’s waiting for me to answer, and meanwhile I’m fixated on the way she pronounced his first name.

From Literature

Traders and analysts are fixated on the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow passage between Iran and Oman through which 20% of the world’s oil typically flows.

From The Wall Street Journal

In Pride and Prejudice and its various screen adaptations, Mrs Bennet is portrayed as stressed, emotional, and fixated on marrying off her five daughters.

From BBC

Markets are fixated on how high oil climbs, but for the broader economy, the more consequential question may be where prices settle over the course of the year.

From The Wall Street Journal

Like Avery did for me for so much of middle school, even when I was distracted and fixated on grades.

From Literature