His fascination with birds was, he said, borne of a childhood obsession with being able to fly.

She went from a childhood obsession with gymnastics to karate, marathon running and boxing.

Is it not time to overcome childhood obsessions?

Roscoe Dillon is a small-time crook who turns his childhood obsession with tops into a criminal persona.

The song is about Faris Badwan's childhood obsession with arranging things in groups of 5.

She calls collecting "a carry-over from childhood, an acceptable childhood obsession, like carrying a blanket."

Perhaps this explained how the remnants of my childhood obsession ended up on a low bookshelf in the basement.

He was inspired partly by a childhood obsession with death in which Ionesco believed one could simply avoid being sick and live forever.

Mr. Kelley said the film had grown out of a childhood "obsession" with crocodiles.

We chose this song because we wanted to re-live our childhood obsession with them.