Alcohol or drugs may be sought out for a release since they are obsessively working "by the book".

The scientist works obsessively towards his or her goal.

'I'll make her better,' she said, and worked obsessively with the whetstone, trying to smooth the nick's edges.

I'll give a short (115 minute) presentation and then the rest of the time we'll obsessively work through your business/organization's issues.

He began working obsessively from home, often waking up in the middle of the night to jot down ideas.

In her youth, she had spent years working obsessively on modifications to his original equations.

"It feels like I have one of two choices, to sit at home and cry, or to work obsessively."

He comes from a poor background, so he works obsessively to have overachieve.

He worked obsessively; she pursued a variety of sexual adventures with partners of both sexes.

A cabinet maker by day, Old would work obsessively through the night on his hobby.