Sentence examples similar to compulsive- from inspiring English sources

Not even he, the great compulsive DRS gambler, had the gall to put his shirt on this one.

I dressed as his obsessive-compulsive attitude to stationery acquisition.

The next stage is usually an obsessive-compulsive thing – paying attention to the body in great detail.

As record stores started closing, Oinkers showed up to buy their fire sale inventory in bulk, and these compulsive uploaders were the music retailers' last, best customers.

However, thanks to Facebook's workplace culture of compulsive sharing, we can now live the Bay Area dream vicariously through its employees' feeds on Instagram (which, coincidentally, Facebook acquired for $1bn in 2012).

He can't help it; he has a compulsive nature – one that, like his professed "crippling self-consciousness", seems to be at odds with the insouciance and languor of his public persona.

Mentioning some of his weaker characteristics, including compulsive womanising, unimpressive aviation skills, childishness and egoism, often causes a rumpus during public debates where Saint-Ex fans are as zealous as religious fundamentalists.

"He is a compulsive sex offender.

ITALY'S prime minister, Matteo Renzi, suffers from a condition so rare it has yet to feature in any medical journal: proclamitis, the compulsive announcement of new policies.On October 19th he declared on a chat show that he was giving mothers a tax break of €80 ($101) a month in the first three years of their children's lives.

(A table at the back of the book makes for compulsive reading).

The breadth of his friendships is testament to Lawrence's compulsive, almost hypnotic allure.