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

For decades, he had obsessed over its loss.

From New York Times • Nov. 17, 2022

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

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