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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Love Story's critics have pointed out the bizarre nature of the all-consuming 2026 ‘trends’ based on the aesthetic taste of a famously private person—one who died tragically over 25 years ago, at that.
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Grace McCarty, Glamour, 27 Mar. 2026
If conservatism is something of an inclination or disposition, leftism of the more radical sort is a form of all-consuming identity, one that fills vacuums in otherwise empty lives and comprehensively guides behavior.
—Bradley Gitz, Arkansas Online, 23 Mar. 2026
The love described is classical in tone, so tragically all-consuming and full of shadows that to listen on an iPhone seems almost profane.
—Kiana Mickles, Pitchfork, 19 Mar. 2026
Produced by Johar, Adar Poonawalla and Apoorva Mehta, the series follows two couples whose lives are thrown into upheaval when their spouses are drawn into an all-consuming relationship, forcing each to choose between duty and desire.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 19 Mar. 2026
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Grace McCarty, Glamour, 27 Mar. 2026
If conservatism is something of an inclination or disposition, leftism of the more radical sort is a form of all-consuming identity, one that fills vacuums in otherwise empty lives and comprehensively guides behavior.
—Bradley Gitz, Arkansas Online, 23 Mar. 2026
The love described is classical in tone, so tragically all-consuming and full of shadows that to listen on an iPhone seems almost profane.
—Kiana Mickles, Pitchfork, 19 Mar. 2026
Produced by Johar, Adar Poonawalla and Apoorva Mehta, the series follows two couples whose lives are thrown into upheaval when their spouses are drawn into an all-consuming relationship, forcing each to choose between duty and desire.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 19 Mar. 2026
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“All-consuming.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all-consuming. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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