Engrossed

Examples

• She had not thought of her own situation at all: she was simply engrossed in trying to put a little order in theirs. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• She was too self-engrossed to penetrate the recesses of his shyness, and besides, why should she care to give herself the trouble? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• My time is engrossed, unhappily, with other concerns. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Fanny's thoughts were now all engrossed by the two who had left her so long ago, and getting quite impatient, she resolved to go in search of them. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• He describes the boy of sixteen as engrossed intensely in his experiments and scientific reading, and somewhat indifferent, for this reason, to his duties as operator. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• We had been so engrossed in exploration of the building and in our conversation that it was late in the afternoon before we realized it. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Soon after this discovery, he became more thoughtful than usual for several days, and seemed much engrossed by one subject. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• But he was now so much engrossed with his experiments that he gave up the plan and the fund was returned to the subscribers. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• He and I have been at times thrown a good deal together, while you have been wholly engrossed on the most affectionate principle by my mother. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• At this juncture other schemes were fermenting in his brain; but the quadruplex engrossed him. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• To Snagsby's, Law-Stationer's, Deeds engrossed and copied, Law-Writing executed in all its branches, &c. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The woman was so engrossed with her occupation that she hardly saw Venn. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• After having studied chemistry under Dalton at Manchester, he became engrossed in physical experimentation. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Her mind was entirely self-engrossed. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• All of them were engrossed, and the greater part by a few great proprietors. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Diggory, give me my glove, said Thomasin, whose manner it was under any circumstances to plunge into the midst of a subject which engrossed her. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• I never saw a more promising inclination; he was growing quite inattentive to other people, and wholly engrossed by her. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Is it,' he said, with his attention apparently engrossed by it, 'yes, or no? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Tom was engrossed by the concerns of his theatre, and saw nothing that did not immediately relate to it. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• The inconveniencies resulting from the possession of its colonies, every country has engrossed to itself completely. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• A more important subject than that of getting indoors now engrossed her. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.

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