How to Use junkie in a Sentence

junkie

noun
  • Demidov is still a rink junkie.
    — Arpon Basu, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Endurance junkies have their pick of trails.
    — Jen Murphy, Outside, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Martha’s Vineyard is a tough place to be a junkie.
    — Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The guy is a football junkie and plays with the timing and rhythm.
    — Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The guy is a football junkie and plays with the timing and rhythm.
    — Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Looking for a cool tech gift to give the gadget junkie in your life?
    — Shayna Murphy, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2020
  • As for pop culture junkies looking to eat their sugary sweets in style?
    — Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 25 June 2019
  • Price, who is a baseball junkie, has kept his eyes on the Red Sox.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 28 July 2021
  • Joe is a coach’s son through and through, a football junkie who’ll watch film deep into the night.
    — Ross Dellenger, SI.com, 15 July 2019
  • Meanwhile, the football junkies among us long for the season.
    — Rich Campbell, chicagotribune.com, 14 June 2019
  • Pots of good coffee, not cups, are served, a welcome touch for caffeine junkies.
    — Michael Mayo, sun-sentinel.com, 5 June 2019
  • Studies have shown that steak lovers are at risk of colon cancer while chicken-breast junkies aren’t.
    — Lydia Mulvany, The Seattle Times, 23 Apr. 2018
  • Andra is a low-key adrenaline junkie.
    — Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Hill writes about drug smugglers, junkies, and cops, but the book is also full of dogs and children.
    — Kate Tuttle, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2019
  • Schiff was only speaking to the news junkies who were watching on cable.
    — Brian Stelter, CNN, 20 Nov. 2019
  • Well, me and about five other movie junkies at the crossroads of history and art.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 26 Sep. 2019
  • At trial, Viorst told the jury that Pankey was a true-crime junkie.
    — CBS News, 8 Jan. 2022
  • The Browns are adrenaline junkies who thrive on car crashes.
    — Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • The skincare junkie in your life will absolutely love this gift.
    — Hannah Oh, Seventeen, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Are there now enough political junkies who want the pure uncut stuff?
    — Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026
  • Early January is more than just the start of the new year for the tech junkies out there.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 9 Jan. 2026
  • But news junkies like us have grown numb to this willingness to climb aboard the Fake News train.
    — Naperville Sun, 6 July 2018
  • McDuffie is known as one of the most intense film and weight room junkies at his position.
    — Nate Atkins, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2026
  • For the adrenaline junkie in your life, the is great to include in a holiday gift guide list for them.
    — Chris Hachey, BGR, 24 Nov. 2021
  • But best of all for us Plath junkies are the jewel-like glimpses of the tall lady in red—full of tension.
    — Air Mail, 6 June 2026
  • Political junkies, feel free to scroll through all 482 races.
    — From Staff Reports, Dallas Morning News, 3 Mar. 2026
  • With flashing lights, laughing and screaming, this ride is one for the adrenaline junkies.
    — Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 22 Sep. 2025
  • That’s the basketball junkie in Lawson.
    — Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2026
  • It’s been a relatively sleepy race for all but the most avid political junkies.
    — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Are prediction markets safe places for news junkies to bet on events - or dens of insider trading?
    — CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026

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