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How to pronounce obsess in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms ghost, haunt
Type of preoccupy
Derivation obsession
Type Words
Type of worry
Derivation obsession, obsessive


She is obsessing over her weight.

Examples of obsess

obsess
Try not to obsess about his past or dwell on what you think might have happened.
From the sacbee.com
His father points out that many autistic children obsess over inanimate objects.
From the bloomberg.com
Don't obsess-you won't find one food that will cover all your nutritional bases.
From the lohud.com
Why does America obsess over the inutility of history, philosophy or literature?
From the forbes.com
Why does television obsess about the accessible, what's wrong with aspirational?
From the guardian.co.uk
Even though many MBAs obsess over their networks, it may not do them much good.
From the businessweek.com
Yet just as they obsessed each other, Father and Mother still obsess their son.
From the time.com
Every day gives sensitive types like myself plenty of material to obsess about.
From the psychcentral.com
Nor do they obsess about phone hacking, as noeconomist has already pointed out.
From the guardian.co.uk
More examples
  • Haunt: haunt like a ghost; pursue; "Fear of illness haunts her"
  • Be preoccupied with something; "She is obsessing over her weight"
  • To be preoccupied with a single topic or emotion; To dominate the thoughts of someone; To think or talk obsessively about
  • (vb.): greatly preoccupy
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