On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Addicted. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as alcoholic or hooked and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Addicted meaning
- Having a biochemical addiction.
- Devoted to or obsessed with something.
Synonyms of Addicted
Using Addicted
- The main meaning on this page is: Having a biochemical addiction. | Devoted to or obsessed with something.
- Useful related words include: alcoholic, strung-out, hooked, drug-addicted.
- In the example corpus, addicted often appears in combinations such as: addicted to, become addicted, are addicted.
Context around Addicted
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 11 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Addicted
- In this selection, "addicted" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, become, generation, chemically, crazies and people stand out and add context to how "addicted" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include new generation addicted to nicotine and are were addicted. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "addicted" sits close to words such as angus, bahrain and bamboo, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with addicted
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Both are addicted to golf. (5 words)
Finally: "He was addicted to masturbating. (6 words)
According to researchers, those most likely to be addicted to gaming share some common characteristics with potential problem gamblers. (19 words)
Candidly, the long-time addict told the officers that he was and detailed the drugs to which he was addicted – before his solicitor reminded him of her advice and he answered the rest of the officers’ questions ‘no comment’. (39 words)
Citing the 2019 Global Youth Tobacco Survey, the Child Rights Network (CRN) expressed its concern over data showing that one in seven students, or one in five boys and almost one in 10 girls, are addicted to electronic cigarettes. (39 words)
The person addicted to drugs or alcohol has to make up their mind first to quit what they addicted to as that is the only way they can get the help they need. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
While James confesses he wasn't chemically addicted to the Class B drug, he admits he "definitely became addicted to the feeling of consuming it".
The person addicted to drugs or alcohol has to make up their mind first to quit what they addicted to as that is the only way they can get the help they need.
According to researchers, those most likely to be addicted to gaming share some common characteristics with potential problem gamblers.
A “despicable” woman who was addicted to drink and drugs stole almost £9,000 from her father while he was ill in hospital.
A former Officeworks manager who stole almost $50,000 from the company by sending refunds to his own bank account had become “addicted” to committing the thefts.
All too often the public perception of the homeless is that they are drunks, bums, drug addicted, crazies, human garbage who should be thrown out or at least moved somewhere else.
And as people become addicted and they lose control, the stigma is internalized even more, because they feel that this is a moral weakness in themselves.
As a consequence the physical and mental deterioration is acute and we are now into about the third generation of people whose parents are/were addicted.
As Det Johnny Basil, he assumed the alias Desmond Mobay to go undercover and break up a drug ring, only to get addicted to heroin, forced into murder, and bumped off himself.
Ash said, however, that fears vaping is leading to a new generation addicted to nicotine are not justified by the evidence to date.
Attorneys for the state argued at the trial's start that Juul unlawfully targeted young people with vaping products to get a new generation addicted to nicotine.
A young man has dumped his pretty girlfriend from Mount Kenya University(MKU) over claims that she is addicted to cucumbers.
Both are addicted to golf.
But it’s also valuable IP that needs occasional renovations to make it attractive to modern children addicted to a constant supply of new, shiny things.
But numerous accounts of Trump reveal him to be thin-skinned, addicted to flattery, a megalomaniac, demagogic, impulsive, vindictive, a sociopath, and a narcissist who lacks empathy or a social conscience.
Candidly, the long-time addict told the officers that he was and detailed the drugs to which he was addicted – before his solicitor reminded him of her advice and he answered the rest of the officers’ questions ‘no comment’.
Citing the 2019 Global Youth Tobacco Survey, the Child Rights Network (CRN) expressed its concern over data showing that one in seven students, or one in five boys and almost one in 10 girls, are addicted to electronic cigarettes.
Efforts to destigmatize drug use may delay this learning, draw out the epidemic, invite new cohorts to try hard drugs, and create more addicted people.
Federal prosecutors alleged Hunter lied about not being addicted to drugs when buying a gun in 2018, making the transaction illegal, according to a September indictment.
Finally: "He was addicted to masturbating.
Common combinations with addicted
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- addicted to 130×
- become addicted 16×
- are addicted 16×
- was addicted 12×
- get addicted 11×
- became addicted 10×
- addicted and 7×
- those addicted 6×
- be addicted 5×
- drug addicted 5×