obsess
verb (used with object)
to dominate or preoccupy the thoughts, feelings, or desires of (a person); beset, trouble, or haunt persistently or abnormally.
were obsessing
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past progressiveof obsess.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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While the mainstream media were obsessing over the results of the Greek bailout referendum July 5, the news site Ozy.com was going in a different direction altogether.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 13, 2015
When most of her peers were obsessing over Duran Duran, Vicki Butler Henderson fell in love with a Volkswagen Golf GTI MkII.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2015
"The pity—oh, the pity of it!" was all that I could say, and wisely Mrs. Mundy let me cry it out—the pain and horror which were obsessing me.
From People Like That by Kate Langley Bosher
His strength was in the steady delineation of character, conscious of, but not deeply disturbed by, the problems which were obsessing and distracting smaller and greater minds.
From The Precipice by Ivan Aleksandrovich Goncharov
But the doctor—If I could always tell some one—if I could tell you when these things were obsessing me—haunting me—they would cease—” Mrs. Yarrow rose, with rather a piteous smile.
From Between the Dark and the Daylight by William Dean Howells
