Sentence examples for rising obsession from inspiring English sources

Fast Company billed itself as a "workstyle" magazine, tying the rising obsession with work to the aspirational nature of lifestyle magazines, and indeed the pages of Fast Company are populated with people whose lives are meant to seem fantastic but faintly attainable.

With harvests failing and food prices rising, a growing obsession with bride price is leading to daughters being perceived as little more than assets to be bought and sold at the best price.

But the change from Wall Street's previous obsession with rising oil prices prompts me to say "I told you so" to friends and confidants from the Middle East who thought prices were bound to stay structurally high based on the expectation that the end of "easy oil" would force investors to shift to more costly oil plays.

Some, such as Wing's Castle, in Milbrook, N.Y., rose out of obsession or pure will.

German exports took a hit as the EU economy tanked -- the direct result of Chancellor Angela Merkel's austerity obsession -- but were rising again at last report.

The vast majority of American universities are obsessed by rising up the academic hierarchy, becoming a bit less like Yokel-U and a bit more like Yale .Ivy Leagueenvy leads to an obsession with research.

He attributes this to a number of factors including the obsession with technology-oriented innovation; rising inequality, stagnating education, and globalization.

If you want to understand the trouble Republicans are in, one good place to start is with the obsession the right has lately developed with the rising disability rolls.

That's in the overlays: in the rising desperation of Alex Maas's vocals as he sings about war, obsession, fear and transfiguration.

The rising popularity of promposals has been fueled in recent years by the obsession with social media.

But Spielberg never rises to the magnificent obsession; his method simplifies without intensifying.