Absorbing

Examples

• Having first seen him perfectly swallowed up in admiration of Mrs. Jellyby, I had supposed her to be the absorbing object of his devotion. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The ladies were not really interested in Mrs. Struthers just then; the subject of Ellen Olenska was too fresh and too absorbing to them. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Its hoary traditions make it an object of absorbing interest to even the most careless stranger, and thus far it had interest for me; but no further. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• It is this same shock-absorbing device which is used to catch the recoil on the immense siege guns used in modern warfare. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Her fear had been too deep, too absorbing, too entire, to be changed to security. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Mr. Helstone neither had, nor professed to have, Mr. Yorke's absorbing passion for her. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• But Bell had been giving so much time and attention to this absorbing project that his teaching had suffered. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• He took out a patent covering wireless telegraphy in 1891, but other matters were then absorbing his attention, and he was quite willing to yield that field to the brilliant Italian, Marconi. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• It will be an immense care for Jo, said Meg, stroking the head of her one all-absorbing son. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Its possible extent, therefore, is in a manner infinite in comparison of that of the other two, and is capable of absorbing the greatest capitals. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The Trenors are my best friends--I think we should all go a long way to see each other, she said, absorbing herself in the preparation of fresh tea. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• But shall we go down and watch this absorbing match? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Agriculture, therefore, is almost everywhere capable of absorbing a much greater capital than has ever yet been employed in it. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The sudden death of Mr. Shelby, a few days after, brought, of course, an absorbing pressure of other interests, for a season. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• What is absorbing you? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Clennam's surprise was not so absorbing but that he took his resolution without any incertitude. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Once our profession becomes all absorbing it hardens into pedantry. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• I was hot, vexed, confused, but still happy; but I hated the other boys for taking such an absorbing interest in the proceedings. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Jane's curiosity did not appear of that absorbing nature as wholly to occupy her. Jane Austen. Emma.
• My practice is never very absorbing. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• In respect to this all-absorbing national topic, I happen to be one of the most un-English Englishmen living. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Redwood does not contain pitch, the inflammable element in wood, and, in addition, it is extremely porous, quickly absorbing water. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• In the second case, the heat is produced by a kind of fermentation; and in the third, by the pyrites of the coal rapidly absorbing and combining with the oxygen of the air. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The very word pupil has almost come to mean one who is engaged not in having fruitful experiences but in absorbing knowledge directly. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Nowhere is conscience so dominant and all-absorbing as with New England women. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• In the house Professor Porter and Mr. Philander were immersed in an absorbing discussion of some weighty scientific problem. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• The same, but diversified, it grew, and swept onwards towards the absorbing ocean, whose dim shores we now reached. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• I crumpled up the letter in my pocket, and forgot it the moment after, in the all-absorbing interest of my coming interview with Rachel. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• They have opposed pouring in from without, and absorbing like a sponge; they have attacked drilling in material as into hard and resisting rock. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• This is achieved principally by absorbing into your thinking a lively doubt about all classifications and general terms, for they are the basis of statistical measurement. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.

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