Sentence examples for addiction from inspiring English sources
addiction
A state that is characterized by compulsive drug use or compulsive engagement in rewarding behavior, despite negative consequences.
The word "addiction" is correct and usable in written English. You can use it to describe a strong or compulsive need or craving for something such as a drug or activity. For example, "He was unable to control his addiction to gambling.".
"I should make one thing clear: the five women were addicted to drugs that led them to prostitution to fund their addiction.
And it's Farage, and his apparent addiction to media attention, that they blame.
He said many donors had seen relatives or friends die through drug addiction.
Her lawyers argued that signs of her addiction were apparent both through how much she gambled in the period leading up to that evening, on the evening itself, and by what she said.
A superb work of literary Modernism and as tough and fascinating a work on addiction as anything by Burroughs or Buckowski.
He clearly suffered from addiction, and he wrestled with it.
Her popularity coincided with abuse by the studios, including the use of diet pills that led to addiction.
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