all-consuming

adjective

: taking all of a person's time and attention : being the only thing a person thinks about

Her all-consuming passion was music.

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Jesse Eisenberg’s charming Sundance breakout moves gently and smoothly but hints at an all-consuming darkness underneath. —

Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2025 Mark's outie agreed to the severance procedure to compartmentalize his sorrow after years of all-consuming grief over the tragic loss of his wife, Gemma. —

Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025 Everything falls apart once overwrought tragedy strikes in the final act, and the characters’ angst is much less compelling than their all-consuming lust. —

Josh Bell, Vulture, 27 Dec. 2024 The conundrum became an all-consuming stress for Jennifer Escalona, 36, a Venezuelan mother who arrived with her two children in May after escaping an abusive partner in Denver shortly after migrating from Venezuela last year. —

Luis Ferré-Sadurní, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for all-consuming