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engrossing

[en-groh-sing] / ɛnˈgroʊ sɪŋ /


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Scott Eyman faces a triple challenge in his richly engrossing biography “Joan Crawford: A Woman’s Face.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Anthony Gottlieb sums him up in an engrossing biography, “Ludwig Wittgenstein: Philosophy in the Age of Airplanes,” writing that “his charismatic gift was to be halting, self-deprecating and imperious all at the same time.”

From The Wall Street Journal

So it feels fitting the pair's battle for supremacy in 2025 - like all engrossing stories - will have a gripping final chapter.

From BBC

But he has plenty of company in his engrossing new play, “The Other Americans,” at the Public Theater.

From The Wall Street Journal

And here, he settles nicely into Kerr’s conflicted state of mind, rattled by drugs, fights, ambition and a constant belief in human kindness that makes his performance engrossing, even when the film isn’t.

From Salon