fixate
verb (used without object)
to obsessively concentrate one's attention (usually followed byon ).
is fixating
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present progressiveof fixate (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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One of her earliest childhood memories is fixating on a pair of pair of shiny patent leather shoes, when she was about five years old, and getting her father to buy them for her.
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2024
But your husband is fixating on a not very important issue and you don’t want what has been a lovely relationship to degenerate into recriminations on the eve of her presenting you with your child.
From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2021
Chasing annual averages is fixating on individual trees at the expense of a view of the forest.
From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2015
Nor is fixating on promising athletes alone, argues Patrick McEnroe, who’s in charge of player development for the U.S.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 3, 2013
But your husband is fixating on a not very important issue and you don't want what has been a lovely relationship to degenerate into recriminations on the eve of her presenting you with your child.
From Slate ● Dec. 10, 2012
