He has a compulsive tendency to see both sides of any issue.

As the business grew, they suspended schoolwork, and their compulsive tendencies drove it on.

No one considered Paul Kirkwo ad a potential serial killer; still, she filed his compulsive tendencies away in the back of her mind.

Using the new diagnostic manual, he is identified as having mildly compulsive, masochistic and self-critical tendencies that predispose him to passivity and feelings of worthlessness.

Pica is a compulsive tendency to eat substances other than normal food.

The study also showed that musicians and those with compulsive tendencies are the most afflicted.

Everything labeled and lined up, the neatness speaking to Paul's compulsive tendencies.

He has mild obsessive compulsive tendencies.

She had a compulsive tendency - which she 'still has to work on now' - to embroider the truth.

People with food problems have "compulsive tendencies," he said.