- present participle of absorb.
absorbing
Example Sentences
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But “The Grapes of Wrath” and “East of Eden”—the latter of which Zoe Kazan has now adapted into a thoroughly absorbing series with an astonishing Florence Pugh—are forbidding tomes, for students and teachers alike.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Aqel, grounding her food in Jordan while absorbing techniques from around the world.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
The World Bank warned that Nepal needs to build a hydropower system capable of anticipating, absorbing and recovering from increasingly complex Himalayan hazards.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
Sleep is essential to learning and absorbing information.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
For the population as a whole, we must be more concerned with the delayed effects of absorbing small amounts of the pesticides that invisibly contaminate our world.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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