ADDICT in a Sentence

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31 example sentences for ADDICT, such as:

1. I am not addicted to text.
2. He became addicted to the drug.
3. She helped him fight his drug addiction.
4. I apprehend that he is rather addicted to profane song.
5. This idiot is addicted to spending our money to buy votes.

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 Meanings and Examples of ADDICT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
addict
 v.  cause someone to become dependent; indulge in; be devoted to
Classic Sentence:
1  Little as she was addicted to solitude, there had come to be moments when it seemed a welcome escape from the empty noises of her life.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 6
2  I apprehend that he is rather addicted to profane song.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 2
3  Like other dwellers in the south, he was a man of sober habits and moderate desires, but fond of external show, vain, and addicted to display.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 26. The Pont du Gard Inn.
4  Bahorel, replying to Bossuet, was just assuming an attitude of the torso to which he was addicted.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER V—ENLARGEMENT OF HORIZON
Example Sentence: (27 in 2 pages)
1  In this country, for instance, if you carry a clean needle the police are likely to arrest you for being a drug addict; a woman carrying a condom will be arrested as a prostitute, all of which just encourages the spread of the disease.
2  In his stupor, the addict was unaware of the events taking place around him.
3  Would you trust a heroin addict with your bank account number?
4  It's difficult to wean an addict off cocaine once they're hooked.
5  Naylor acknowledged, in a letter to the judge, that he was a drug addict.
6  The addict often reads disapproval into people's reactions to him even where it does not exist.
7  I am not addicted to text.
8  He became addicted to the drug.
9  They were evicted from their apartment after their mother became addicted to drugs.
10  This idiot is addicted to spending our money to buy votes.
11  Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism.
12  His addiction to drugs propelled him toward a life of crime.
13  She helped him fight his drug addiction.
14  His drug addiction had turned him into a husk of his former self.
15  The program is premised on the idea that drug addiction can be cured.