absorbed
Example Sentences
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These editions reveal a neglected side of Golding, a writer whose central concerns have never been fully absorbed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Worse, burned trees release the carbon they were storing, then destroy other plant life that could keep that carbon absorbed.
From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2026
It is absorbed in the gut within minutes and then gets into the bloodstream.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
To listen today to the song, which spent four weeks at No. 1 and earned a Grammy nomination for female pop vocal performance, is to assume you’ve already absorbed every drop of its melodrama.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
I ducked lower, ready to run, but apparently he was too absorbed in his own thoughts to realize I was just a few feet away.
From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn
