engrossment

Example Sentences

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Their spleen he forgot amid the engrossments of a closer attention to business, and the charms of friendship's intercourse.

From Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series by Smeaton, William Henry Oliphant

It was much punctuated by present engrossments, and from first to last was more or less infiltrated through the necessaries of life, for Bill was a healthy young man without a trace of false shame.

From Wild Animals I Have Known by Seton, Ernest Thompson

There was no other place to go except the Club, and Mrs. Talbot was an infinitely more interesting companion than men who discussed little besides their business, professional, or demi-monde engrossments.

From Sleeping Fires: a Novel by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn

He had not forgotten his promise to Sammy—merely postponed its execution under the pressure of other engrossments.

From Si Klegg, Book 6 (of 6) Si And Shorty, With Their Boy Recruits, Enter On The Atlanta Campaign by McElroy, John

Springdale had no beau monde, no fashionable circle, no Bois de Boulogne, and no beaux, to make amends for a husband's engrossments.

From Pink and White Tyranny A Society Novel by Stowe, Harriet Beecher