idée fixe

How to use idée fixe in a sentence

• The man you have just been talking to, poor fellow, is one of the strongest cases of pure idee fixe that we have.

  The Ball and The Cross | G.K. Chesterton

• Happy lily, never to be saddled with an idee fixe, never to be in the grip of a monomania for happiness or love or fulfilment.

  Aaron's Rod | D. H. Lawrence

• Germans are the 'idee fixe', and without an 'idee fixe', as you know, there's no such thing as religion.

  The Burning Spear | John Galsworthy

• He never doubted Claridge Pasha's return; it was une idee fixe.

  The Weavers, Complete | Gilbert Parker

• Darrell thus put into Lady Adela's head, he remained there, and became an idee fixe.

  What Will He Do With It, Complete | Edward Bulwer-Lytton