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Example sentences for: fixating

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In the post-Flytrap world they seem to be too depressed to get out of bed and find themselves dwelling instead on the details of their unhappy relationship with Washington, brooding about mortality, and fixating on the sad lives of people who can only be called obscure celebrities.
The director, Anand Tucker, views Jackie from an uncomprehending distance, fixating largely on her freakishness.