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

Inside the Palisades local’s political pivot and his compulsively readable new memoir.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

He also wrote compulsively, at times drafting “as many as two or three six-page letters a day” to his brother Theo.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

So advisers might raise another topic that tends to jolt even the most compulsively frugal clients: taxes.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 24, 2025

At first, looking out for a ship was something I did all the time, compulsively.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel