How to Use preoccupied in a Sentence

preoccupied

adjective

• The man placed his hand on the preoccupied boy’s shoulder.
  — Joseph Clark, cleveland, 25 Nov. 2019
• In any case, the rapid spread of the memes was a clear sign of how preoccupied young people were with the airstrike and the looming question of what would come next.
  — New York Times, 5 Jan. 2020
• There are times when I’ve become preoccupied with my (lack of a) love life.
  — Sana Panjwani, refinery29.com, 14 Sep. 2021
• The book paints a picture of a preoccupied Trump who couldn't stop thinking about Biden.
  — Catherine Garcia, The Week, 8 June 2021
• The funny thing is, Rick and the group don’t seem too preoccupied with finding their comrade.
  — vanityfair.com, 24 Feb. 2017
• The signs seem to suggest that voters are more preoccupied with the former.
  — Aaron Blake, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Nov. 2022
• The vultures were nervous at first and much more preoccupied with the shick-shick-shick-shick-shick of Stone’s camera than the pumpkin.
  — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 25 Oct. 2022
• The veteran critics on and off campus, like the rest of us, are a bit preoccupied.
  — Osita Nwanevu, Slate Magazine, 12 Mar. 2017
• The Dodgers and their fans are far more preoccupied with the San Francisco Giants.
  — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2021
• Cole Sprouse is once again hitting back at fans who are a little too preoccupied with his love life.
  — Glamour, 3 Sep. 2021
• Paul's mandate is to find and sign real artists and not be so preoccupied with numbers.
  — Jewel Wicker, Billboard, 26 Aug. 2019
• Or were you too preoccupied still trying to make Nate’s character arc make a lick of sense?
  — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2024
• Young fought back with one of his seven 3-pointers on the night, and while preoccupied with the guard, Indiana gave up a wide-open layup to Len to knot things at 99-apiece.
  — Nathan Brown, Indianapolis Star, 29 Nov. 2019
• Elsa is far too preoccupied trying to deal with the conflict in her own life to obsess about princes.
  — Carol Dyhouse, Time, 19 Apr. 2021
• But consider a universe where more people don’t have to time their lives to the rhythm of rush hour — and where whole cities aren’t so preoccupied by what to do about it.
  — New York Times, 11 June 2021
• The whole idea of world order is something that these other countries think a lot about, are quite preoccupied with.
  — Eli Stokols, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2019
• Other descendants warn about the dangers of living in the past or are too preoccupied with hardships of the present.
  — Reuters, CNN, 27 Oct. 2020
• Also from the get-go, the lens turns both inward, to Ajo Kawir’s thoughts, and outward, to a world too often preoccupied with the virility of its men.
  — Jane Yong Kim, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2017
• Training keeps a dog’s mind busy and less preoccupied with outside noise.
  — Cathy M. Rosenthal, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Feb. 2021
• The vote sparked anger among parents who argued that the school board was more preoccupied with changing the names of schools than coming up with a plan to get kids back in classrooms.
  — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 19 Mar. 2021
• Most cities have such resources, and your friends may be too preoccupied to do the necessary research.
  — New York Times, 9 Nov. 2021
• The preoccupied officer appeared to be doing the math in his head.
  — Seth Lipsky, WSJ, 7 Sep. 2020
• The Beast in the Jungle (1903), one of his younger brother Henry James's most famous stories, describes a man too preoccupied with a sense of doom to love.
  — TheWeek, 2 Feb. 2020
• But the narrator of All Fours is not overly preoccupied with death.
  — Christine Smallwood, Vulture, 6 May 2024
• Loved ones may feel abandoned by the preoccupied frontline worker and so feel angry and hurt.
  — Gary Stix, Scientific American, 10 Sep. 2020
• The fathers, many of whom worked corporate jobs, were too preoccupied to help raise their children.
  — New York Times, 15 Dec. 2021
• But Trump, who does not take part in the task force meetings, remains preoccupied with last week’s election results.
  — Aamer Madhani and Zeke Miller, chicagotribune.com, 12 Nov. 2020
• Some declared the home side world champions, but most in the media were more preoccupied with moral outrage.
  — SI.com, 9 Feb. 2018
• Gut said her mother and brother were too preoccupied with the situation back home to speak to CNN.
  — Ray Sanchez, CNN, 6 Mar. 2022
• Scholz will therefore be even more preoccupied in the coming 15 months with keeping his coalition together, leaving him little time or energy to deal with the EU’s challenges.
  — Matthias Matthijs, Foreign Affairs, 11 June 2024

Last Updated: 20 Nov 2024