Sentence examples for mistaken obsession from inspiring English sources
We need to rid ourselves of this mistaken obsession with GDP, without so much pain and bloodshed.
Malhotra claimed the demonisation of saturated fat in our diet, going back to Ancel Keys' Seven Countries seminal study in 1970, which prompted changes in US guidelines on fat, had sparked a mistaken obsession with cholesterol, "which has led to the overmedication of millions of people with statins".
Finding a way through these mysteries requires Peter, whose Christianity is never presented as less than honest, to identify and dismantle his own deep temperament – avoidant, confused, manipulative, mistaking obsession for commitment.
It is also an anthology of the director's longstanding preoccupations -- with voyeurism, mistaken identity, paranoia and sexual obsession.
Whitehall's approach remains much as it was under Gordon Brown; a reliance on cheap credit and monetary stimulus, a misplaced obsession with demand and a mistaken belief that corporatism is free enterprise.
I agree with Matthew Hutson that magical thinking may confer certain limited psychological benefits, but I feel that he is mistaken when he says that "at its worst, it can lead to obsession, fatalism or psychosis".
You cannot miss the skeptical scorn on her face, and it's true that the female characters do their best to put the moral brakes on the men, but there's no mistaking the movie's obsession with that loyalty, or the cunning with which many scenes are designed — even rigged — to show the criminal fraternity as a closed loop.
These moments of transcendence are predicated by months and years of confusion, obsession, mistakes and incremental work.
And he argues that we are making the same mistake with our obsession today with "openness" and "transparency".
Those unfamiliar with Murakami's stories might be forgiven for mistaking this interest in physical well-being for a Yukio Mishima-style obsession with muscular male torsos and whirling samurai blades.
Make no mistake, Ovenden had an obsession with very young girls and the police were pursuing him for years.
