all-consuming

adjective

: taking all of a person's time and attention : being the only thing a person thinks about

Her all-consuming passion was music.

Examples of all-consuming in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Guadagnino says what appealed to him about Altman was his all-consuming ambition. — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026

The sound became all-consuming, passing through his ears, his organs. — Claire Hoffman, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026

Nor can Antigone, whose all-consuming identification with her cause renders her indifferent to other obligations, be adopted as a user-friendly hero. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026

The basketball is indeed terrific, but the non-basketball battles have felt all-consuming. — Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for all-consuming

• unassuming
• assuming
• consuming
• costuming
• presuming
• resuming
• subsuming
• blooming
• booming
• fuming
• grooming
• looming