How to Use preoccupation in a Sentence

preoccupation

noun

• We need to better understand the problems and preoccupations of our clients.
• Still, even with its preoccupation with death, The Room Next Door is not a dour film.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 7 Sep. 2024
• But it could be argued that the preoccupation with food began in the 17th century, when the Dutch were at the center of the global spice trade.
  — Laura Reiley, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2022
• The integrity of elections has been a preoccupation on the right for years.
  — Robert O'Harrow Jr., Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2021
• This seems to fairly reflect the range of Lipsky’s preoccupations, as well as the span of his writing.
  — Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2023
• Instead of replacing the guy at the center of the action, the guy is her preoccupation.
  — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2021
• Fat Mike has brought this preoccupation with him to the Punk Rock Museum.
  — Brett Martin, New York Times, 28 Nov. 2023
• Songwriting wasn’t our preoccupation when the Edge and I were younger.
  — Rob Tannenbaum, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2023
• Our preoccupation with growing our wealth and status has left us in a world that is high on carbon but low on care.
  — Gina Lodge, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2021
• The dams were a preoccupation for Ashoor, who had warned of their fragility as early as 2008 in his master’s thesis.
  — Sarah Dadouch, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2023
• Given the preoccupation with safety that has plagued the country since at ...
  — Amity Shlaes, National Review, 10 Nov. 2023
• The cultural preoccupation with zombies shambles on in The Last of Us and other movies and video games.
  — Neda Ulaby, NPR, 1 Apr. 2024
• In those days, the focus was the usual tech wonderment preoccupation about whether or not AI could be devised to drive a car.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2022
• For Kessler, a multilingual German/Finn, the idea of home has been a preoccupation since school days.
  — Vogue, 12 May 2022
• The central zone of the apartment is occupied with each of the couple's preoccupations.
  — Kimberley Mok, Treehugger, 6 June 2023
• But his main preoccupation was his grown children, who had left the area — one to study in Dresden, one to work in Kassel, in the former West Germany.
  — Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 31 Jan. 2022
• Even as a longtime reader of War and Peace, I’ve been surprised by this preoccupation.
  — Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
• Goode’s greatest preoccupation, the one that all the others seem to revolve around, is reptiles.
  — Lane Brown, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2024
• Holes is open about his preoccupation with his work, frequently to the detriment of his private life.
  — Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2022
• But Hsu makes clear that these people, and the details of the violence to which Ken was subjected, are not his preoccupation.
  — Claire Messud, Harper’s Magazine , 17 Aug. 2022
• Many believe that the city’s preoccupation with the pandemic has eclipsed concern over the drug deaths and blunted the urgency of the moment.
  — New York Times, 23 Apr. 2021
• Our phones are a preoccupation and younger kids certainly don't understand what the fuss is all about.
  — Heather Wishart-Smith, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2022
• Making art that considers the end of the world is an ancient preoccupation.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2022
• For the last year or so, travelers’ preoccupation with airline miles and credit card points was on hold.
  — Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 4 July 2021
• Avoiding brands that don’t match with your values isn’t just a preoccupation of the progressive left.
  — Nicole Qualtieri, Outside Online, 18 July 2024
• But due to Carter’s preoccupation, the state and local governments shouldered the burden of the crisis.
  — David Smiley, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2024
• The preoccupation of the characters with print media indicates the distance from the present.
  — Charles McNultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2022
• Most of these stories grapple with the intersection of fiction and truth, just as most of them share a preoccupation with death.
  — Jackie Thomas-Kennedy Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 14 Aug. 2020
• The wife of one of the brothers turned against the others, because their preoccupation kept her husband from settling into a stable job.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 4 Nov. 2021
• To some people, this preoccupation with horror can seem tone deaf.
  — Sarah Kollat, The Conversation, 18 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024