monomaniacal

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He pursued these goals with monomaniacal intensity: “Anything outside of that was a distraction.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 3, 2025

The same can be said of Pabst himself, whose monomaniacal devotion to his art inclines him to ugly compromises.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2025

From the legend of King Midas to the story of the magic porridge pot that would not stop, children for centuries have absorbed the lesson that monomaniacal wishes are best left unfulfilled.

From Washington Post • Aug. 3, 2022

Plenty of chief executives have a focus that can seem monomaniacal.

From New York Times • Feb. 25, 2022

All I wanted was to satisfy myself that I was free from a monomaniacal illusion.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXII by Wilson, John Mackay