compulsively
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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Elliott checked and scrolled compulsively, bypassing the parental controls, sneaking down to grab his phone from the family charging unit in the kitchen at night.
From Slate ● May 12, 2026
So advisers might raise another topic that tends to jolt even the most compulsively frugal clients: taxes.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2025
And for those of us who watch compulsively and wouldn’t know a dossier from a dog pound, ignorance is bliss.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
Though I knew my behaviors were harmful to myself and others, I could not stop compulsively repeating the same patterns.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2025
“Shut up, Ignatius,” his mother said, leafing compulsively toward the classified section of the newspaper.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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