Synonyms

1. fixation

Sentence Examples

1. I follow another, easier, and to my mind wiser course, and that is to rail at the frivolity of women, at their inconstancy, their double dealing, their broken promises, their unkept pledges, and in short the want of reflection they show in fixing their affections and inclinations.
2. The ease with which he had knocked it to pieces disconcerted him somewhat, and to guard against that danger he set to work again, fixing bars of iron on the inside until he was satisfied with its strength and then, not caring to try any more experiments with it, he passed it and adopted it as a helmet of the most perfect construction.
3. Worthless, irreparable, and who would want to bother fixing it, anyway?
4. I took nine of these sticks and fixing them firmly in the ground in a quadrangular figure, two feet and a half square, I took four other sticks and tied them parallel at each corner, about two feet from the ground then I fastened my handkerchief to the nine sticks that stood erect, and extended it on all sides, till it was tight as the top of a drum and the four parallel sticks, rising about five inches higher than the handkerchief, served as ledges on each side.
5. After what felt like days, the monster returned again, fixing those dead white eyes on me.
6. From our perspective, it appeared as if Peter mostly took it in stride and just set about fixing the problems.
7. What was the point of fixing his lip just for his neck to be severed at dawn?
8. I did pay very close attention to the rates, which had been incorrect and needed fixing, when I first got the car.
9. One time when he had a television camera shoved in his face while he and Reyna were fixing a broken window, Reyna goaded him into speaking because it was Helen, after all.
10. She winced and shifted her gaze to the light, fixing her eyes on the lively fire that roared in the center of the cave.