He'd grant himself a respite from his obsession with high artistic standards.

His passion for writing developed from his obsession with reading.

She, too, is under pressure from rap's current obsession with toughness.

We've been cooking together quite a lot recently and apart from his obsession with pepper, he shows promise.

It would give him pleasure and set him free from his obsession.

He recommended psychoanalytic guidance to free them from their obsession.

'Take a complete break from your obsession and call me in two weeks.'

She would be neither side-tracked nor persuaded from her obsession in any way.

But doesn't all of this come from our American obsession with winning?

It needs to move on from its obsession with institutions.