be glued to sth

/biː ɡlˈuːd tuː/

[phrase]

to be glued to sth

[PHRASE]

to give a thing one's full attention

to not move from a place or thing due to interest, fear, or surprise

Examples

1. Thousands of individual tiles had to be glued to the spacecraft’s exterior, and each could come off separately.

2. But whatever the outcome, I will certainly be glued to my screen like a lot of you guys.

3. But these scheduling tools such as Tailwind, Viraltag, and Buffer make it possible to plan out your pins without having to be glued to your computer all the time.

4. And what we'll be bringing to you in our second webinar is talking a little bit about what we are all experiencing, which is this desire to be glued to our TV, to or our phone, to the media, and what that might be doing to our brain.