be engrossed by
Example Sentences
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“That’s what we want to do — tell stories for people to be engrossed by and if they are engrossed, then job done.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2024
At least we don’t struggle to be engrossed by 2001: A Space Odyssey.
From Slate • Aug. 6, 2018
They were far happier to be engrossed by the sight of their side fighting to recover from 1-0 down.
From The Guardian • Aug. 11, 2010
Students of history will find the Diary a mine of information; the ordinary reader cannot fail to be engrossed by the absorbing account of life as it was during the late Georgian period.
From Time Magazine Archive
“God forbid,” says Mr. Puff, “that in a free country, all the fine words in the language should be engrossed by the highest characters of the piece.”
From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 by Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham
