absorbing
adjective
ab·sorb·ing
əb-ˈsȯr-biŋ 
-ˈzȯr-
: fully taking one's attention : engrossing
an absorbing novel
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Examples of absorbing in a Sentence
shell collecting can be so absorbing that you don't notice the tide coming in
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Here, a magical quest is less absorbing than the act of texting a crush.
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The New Yorker, 12 June 2024
How much does the absorbing spectacle of his own personality and pain eclipse his ability to care about others?
Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show’s thematic interests are sprawling: queerness, fidelity, trauma, religion, libido, creativity, audience, and performance.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 26 Mar. 2024
The formula is lightweight, non-greasy, and fast absorbing.
—Amanda Ogle, Southern Living, 5 June 2024
Smart and sweeping in scope, The Lost City of Z is an absorbing epic about persistence and hope without resorting to cheap sentimentality.
—Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 14 May 2024
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The New Yorker, 12 June 2024
How much does the absorbing spectacle of his own personality and pain eclipse his ability to care about others?
Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show’s thematic interests are sprawling: queerness, fidelity, trauma, religion, libido, creativity, audience, and performance.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 26 Mar. 2024
The formula is lightweight, non-greasy, and fast absorbing.
—Amanda Ogle, Southern Living, 5 June 2024
Smart and sweeping in scope, The Lost City of Z is an absorbing epic about persistence and hope without resorting to cheap sentimentality.
—Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 14 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for absorbing
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“Absorbing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/absorbing. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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