all-consuming
adjective
: taking all of a person's time and attention : being the only thing a person thinks about
Her all-consuming passion was music.
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An ever-present veil would fail to conceal the wife’s all-consuming grief.
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Dan Barry, New York Times, 12 May 2026
What begins as a skeptical pursuit of Richard’s double quickly devolves into an all-consuming obsession, unraveling Clare’s grip on reality and pulling her into a liminal nightmare where she is suspended between the living and the dead.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 12 May 2026
The People Who Hold Patients Through It When cancer treatment becomes all-consuming, the people inside the hospital often become the center of a patient’s world.
—Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 11 May 2026
Dog motherhood offers a version of care that is reciprocal without being all-consuming.
—Essence, 9 May 2026
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Dan Barry, New York Times, 12 May 2026
What begins as a skeptical pursuit of Richard’s double quickly devolves into an all-consuming obsession, unraveling Clare’s grip on reality and pulling her into a liminal nightmare where she is suspended between the living and the dead.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 12 May 2026
The People Who Hold Patients Through It When cancer treatment becomes all-consuming, the people inside the hospital often become the center of a patient’s world.
—Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 11 May 2026
Dog motherhood offers a version of care that is reciprocal without being all-consuming.
—Essence, 9 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for all-consuming
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“All-consuming.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all-consuming. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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