fixating
- present participle of fixate.
Example Sentences
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Fixating on the day-to-day costs of a mortgage may only do so much for a buyer.
From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026
Fixating on topics without any redirection can be especially dangerous for people with autism.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025
Fixating on a future long beyond the lives of our great-great-great-grandchildren might be as defeatist as worrying about apocalypse with every little advance made by human societies.
From Slate • Jan. 23, 2020
Fixating on it had prevented me from moving forward to the next question in my recovery: “What now?”
From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2014
Fixating on “twists” and “reveals”–an excessive obsession and crutch of TV and movies today–treats stories like Rubik’s Cubes: solve them, and you’re done.
From Time • Jul. 19, 2012
