(1) His hair and beard were testimony to his fastidious nature and obsessive preening.(2) I am particularly concerned about the obsessive nature of this defendant, and whether he represents a danger to women in general.(3) Eventually, if you persevere, the obsessive nature of the process yields unexpectedly beautiful results.(4) It is true that the great but balding one has never been very good at multi-tasking, but that probably explains his obsessive behaviour.(5) Delaney owns pieces of clubs and bars around the city, and has an obsessive nature.(6) With his eloquence and fluent knowledge of art history, he speaks of da Vinci's obsessive nature.(7) Everyday life can be a terrifying ordeal for the autistic, who struggle to grasp what is happening around them and often retreat into ritual or obsessive behaviour.(8) This game gives me a compulsion to my already obsessive nature to keep playing and to kill everyone who isn't me.(9) It is a relief, he says, to confess to the private consultant that the refuge he once sought in art for his depression and regimented obsessive nature, he now finds in the bottle.(10) The amusing thing here, of course, is that his character in the film is clearly an obsessive , neurotic control freak who also teaches his cat to use a flush toilet.(11) Those who had watched the most television were more easily distracted and confused, more impulsive or restless, and more prone to obsessive behaviour.(12) Wilkinson has talked greatly in this newspaper about the art of kicking and we get the impression of a rather solitary, obsessive nature: a man who wants perfection.(13) Up to about 1918 he painted scenes of nature that have an obsessive , macabre quality, often based on childhood memories and fantasies.(14) Unless you have an obsessive interest in the minutiae of American politics, it is unlikely that you will have heard of Mr Shrum.(15) She is an admitted obsessive , expecting an almost religious allegiance from her dancers.(16) Whether playing backgammon, football or the stock market, De Boer is an obsessive .
