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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Trying to eliminate all the electronic dings, blurbs, and beeps from your sound world, or go more than a few hours without hearing an engine, could become an all-consuming quest.
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Justin Davidson, Curbed, 16 Oct. 2024
For one, their affair is an all-consuming love, for the other an intoxicating realization of her secret longings.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 28 Oct. 2024
It could be interpreted as a symbol of the all-consuming nature of grief.
—Lanta Davis and Vince Reighard, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Oct. 2024
Lois also clocked that Megan is in an abusive, all-consuming relationship, loosely explaining why Megan was possessed in her dream.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 23 Oct. 2024
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Justin Davidson, Curbed, 16 Oct. 2024
For one, their affair is an all-consuming love, for the other an intoxicating realization of her secret longings.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 28 Oct. 2024
It could be interpreted as a symbol of the all-consuming nature of grief.
—Lanta Davis and Vince Reighard, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Oct. 2024
Lois also clocked that Megan is in an abusive, all-consuming relationship, loosely explaining why Megan was possessed in her dream.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 23 Oct. 2024
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“All-consuming.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all-consuming. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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