How to Use addiction in a Sentence

addiction

noun
  • He has a drug addiction.
  • His life has been ruined by heroin addiction.
  • He devotes his summers to his surfing addiction.
  • Drug addiction is just one that’s easy to point out.
    — Charlie Vargas, Oc Register, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Some go to great lengths to feed that addiction.
    — Mark Dent, HubSpot, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Her mom has an addiction as well.
    — Max Gao, Variety, 8 Apr. 2026
  • And a lot of us in our own lives have been touched by addiction.
    — Samantha Chery, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024
  • But addiction fraud doesn’t look like that.
    — Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 29 Aug. 2025
  • My addiction came on full force.
    — Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 14 Feb. 2026
  • My addiction came on full force.
    — Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 12 Feb. 2026
  • This is the realm of addiction.
    — Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Many of us have loved people in the grip of addiction.
    — Literary Hub, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Lee was open in his memoir about his own addiction and abuse.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 6 Apr. 2022
  • What starts as hard work seems to have turned into a dopamine addiction.
    — Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 17 Mar. 2026
  • These drugs are not ready to be prescribed for addiction.
    — Ziyad Al-Aly, STAT, 4 Mar. 2026
  • What struck me most was not the addiction itself.
    — David H. Rosmarin, Time, 10 June 2026
  • Both men have been open about their struggles with addiction.
    — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Williams had been open about his struggles with drug addiction.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Jokes about her addictions, and her struggles to stay sober.
    — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Jason, who’s no stranger to addiction, was part of that group.
    — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 10 Apr. 2026
  • There’s a lot of addiction, and there’s not resources for those things.
    — Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2025
  • This ain’t got nothing to do with addiction.
    — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The money made risking his life in the ring went to feed his addiction.
    — Toby Muse, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2024
  • That’s got nothing to do with addiction.
    — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Now, most of them come in to be treated for fentanyl addiction.
    — The Enquirer, 27 Dec. 2022
  • Some had parents who had struggled with addiction or had served time in prison.
    — Greg Jaffe, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Feb. 2022
  • Angie starts the show sober but struggled with drug addiction in the past.
    — Rodney Ho, ajc, 28 Dec. 2022
  • Dopamine does have an important role to play though in addiction to drugs.
    — Literary Hub, 13 May 2026
  • My mom was struggling with drugs and addiction, so we were taken away.
    — The Foretold Team, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2023
  • Dean noted the progress that had been made in addiction and treatment.
    — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, 15 May 2025

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