engross

The goal is to engross fans in the world of their favorite stories, a bet Disney hopes will keep audiences engaged when there is more competition than ever for their attention.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

This discovery of Orage’s significance in Katherine Mansfield’s life and work matters to scholars, but Ms. Kimber misjudges how much it might engross readers of a biography.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

Whatever their inspirations, Neuman’s pictures are visual machines that both engross and propel the viewer’s eye.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 29, 2022

Narratives of injury engross us because they point to tangible harms — blindings and burns and broken bones.

From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2022

She looks up and smiles into my lens and then pretends to engross herself in her work.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed

It engrosses two floors of the Breuer with art of total mastery that also, at every turn, casts doubt on its own achievement.

From New York Times ● Mar. 5, 2020

But the nuclear family more urgently tugging on Caroline’s apron and heart strings — her children and friends — is the one that on this occasion engrosses an audience most satisfyingly.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 5, 2017

It engrosses, it stuns, it distracts, and it overwhelms.

From The New Yorker ● May 18, 2015

And as a movie, A.I. engrosses without quite enthralling.

From Time Magazine Archive

No young man true to his best and wisest interests will employ his evenings in the same line of thought as that which engrosses him during the day.

From Successward A Young Man's Book for Young Men by Edward W. Bok

They became engrossed in conversation, Evans said in the letter, which describes him falling in love during that first meeting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

For once, the 20,000-odd fans on a packed Arthur Ashe Stadium sat quietly engrossed during points.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

It was a day the 15,000 home fans on Centre Court, thousands more on Henman Hill - sorry, Arthur's Seat - and those engrossed across the country will never forget.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

And we, the American people, have become unusually engrossed in it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2026

I sat in these meetings, engrossed and somewhat taken aback by the fact that I knew so little about military life.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Most engrossing here is a pair of watercolors by the English landscape painter William Marlow.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

An engrossing encounter was narrowly won by the British fighter by unanimous decision - 97-93 on two scorecards and 96-94 on the other.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

And even those unfamiliar with the tale — the vast majority of attendees, in all likelihood — should find it engrossing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

That engrossing yourself in every meticulous step — from measuring out your own leavening agents to bringing your butter and eggs to room temperature — is what qualifies as real baking.

From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2026

The guests were not disappointed: they had a very pleasant feast, in fact an engrossing entertainment: rich, abundant, varied, and prolonged.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien