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engrossed
adjective as in preoccupied; attentive to
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For much of the summer, though, he was engrossed in something else.
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When Molly read the book, as a 12-year-old, "I'm not sure that I ever looked up from it. I was totally engrossed."
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Said Palmer, engrossed in preparing the program for the last eight months: “It’s time.”
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People with no connection to the Post Office told the BBC how they became engrossed watching.
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Their children were engrossed in a movie in the living room.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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