had obsessed
- past perfect of obsess.
Example Sentences
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But on cross-examination, Kaley also revealed her mother had obsessed over her appearance, sometimes leaving her at school while she went to the gym.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2026
Yet with data - any kind of data - coming in, journalists and commentators who had obsessed over the campaign for more than a year sometimes couldn’t help themselves.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 3, 2020
Yet with data — any kind of data — coming in, journalists and commentators who had obsessed over the campaign for more than a year sometimes couldn’t help themselves.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 3, 2020
For almost a decade, Brandon Finnigan, a conservative blogger and elections data enthusiast, had obsessed about Republican failures in Pennsylvania in presidential races.
From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 2016
It meant a retreat from the very florid and ornate polyphony that had obsessed composers for a hundred years.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
