Sentence examples for compulsive character from inspiring English sources
The narrative strategy of "White Teeth" was one of compulsive character generation.
"A pedantic sense of order is typical of the compulsive character," wrote the Freudian analyst Wilhelm Reich in his 1933 book, "Character Analysis," a groundbreaking text.
In fact – and as affirmed by an omnivorous, packed-to-the-rafters retrospective on view now at the Guggenheim museum in New York – Moholy-Nagy was a polymath of almost compulsive character, and created kinetic sculpture, experimental film, light projections, set designs for opera, even ads for Harris Tweed and the London Underground.
On the other hand the realm of the unconscious—Frederick Taylor, the creator of what was called later 'scientific management' was totally preoccupied with control, was an obsessive, compulsive character (Morgan 2006, 212).
One may hypothesize, thirdly, that the repetitive whistling has a compulsive character and may be originated in the development of OCD.
The last time I saw the C.I.A. agent Carrie Mathison, Claire Danes's compulsive bipolar character in Showtime's "Homeland," she was strapped to a hospital table having electroconvulsive therapy as Season 1 ended.
The compulsive liar character is sort of a collage of different people I've known.
Mr. Shalhoub currently plays the obsessive-compulsive title character in "Monk" on the USA network and was the furiously perfectionist chef in Stanley Tucci's "Big Night," suggesting that he may have some of the temperamental qualities needed to direct a movie.
Davies is especially alive to the compulsive, almost pathological, character of the drive to accumulate: "I have lots and lots of doubles and triples," he writes, "I don't know why I want them – it's a sickness, a madness, an obsession".
Yet despite this, Dragon Quest VII is strangely compulsive; its charming characters, wonderful designs, and engaging story draw you into its world.
A game cast works hard at bringing some life to "Death of Frank," but the text offers such little motivation for the characters' compulsive behavior, it's a struggle.
