Absorbed

Examples

• As to that little man himself, his whole attention had become absorbed in getting near the door and looking out at it. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• They seem to have been overrun and the population absorbed by the conquerors. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Then, as the creature's legs appear and its tail is absorbed, it begins to use its lungs, and its gills dwindle and vanish. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• From that time until July, 1878, his time and attention day and night were almost completely absorbed by the excitement caused by the invention and exhibition of the machine. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• We left her, on a low chair, at one side of the instrument, so absorbed over her reading that she did not seem to notice when we moved. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Presently his wife looked up from her sewing, and noticed how much absorbed he was. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• I hoped he would feel this, but, for the moment, he seemed too much absorbed to be sensible of the change. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• I had expected every Russian to be absorbed in the struggle. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• We were so absorbed in one another we were of no mortal use apart, and that charming arrangement would make everything easy all round, so we did it. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• He turned away his head, and appeared absorbed in melancholy reflection. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• She sat upon the ground absorbed in wordless despair, when through the gusty wind and bickering rain she thought she heard her name called. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The common one is by applying extraneous heat, as under a tea kettle, in which case the evaporated vapor is hot by virtue of the heat absorbed from the fire. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• But as the Roman Empire grew, its armies absorbed its intelligent farmers, the tilling of the soil was left to the menial and the slave, and the Empire and agriculture declined together. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The child's whole heart and soul seemed absorbed in works of love and kindness. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• I can no longer think of you to your prejudice--I am but too much absorbed in justifying you. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• I sat until after eleven in this room, absorbed in a book. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Everything reflected light, nothing absorbed it. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• A wheel of great weight was hung upon a shaft which was connected to the piston, and which weight absorbed the force suddenly developed by the explosion, and so moderated the speed. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The reddleman watched his form as it diminished to a speck on the road and became absorbed in the thickening films of night. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• This, in connection with an ingenious management of springs, absorbed the shocks and governed the machine so that no matter what was done to it, it would operate only at a certain speed. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• He has described what political science must be like, and anyone who has absorbed his insight has an intellectual groundwork for political observation. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• These were transversed with the same colours of other heated bodies, and the latter were absorbed and rendered black. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Go on, please, said Laurie, as Jo became absorbed in her work, looking a trifle displeased. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Instead of making ready with all speed, she lay stretched on a couch, absorbed in reading. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The soluble nitrogenous soil compounds are absorbed by roots and are utilized by plants for food. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Ocean drank in, and absorbed my feeble voice, replying with pitiless roar. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The bacteria-made compounds dissolve in the soil water and are absorbed into the plant by the roots. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• His manners grew wild; he was sometimes ferocious, sometimes absorbed in speechless melancholy. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• He was graver of late, and his City affairs absorbed him. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Legends gather about the men who wrote it: those legends are absorbed by us almost with our mothers' milk. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.

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