engrossed
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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
The whodunnit engrossed Buam-dong and piqued the country's interest, making national headlines.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Receiving Chiarella’s “Leviticus” script while in Sydney on a bus to Bondi Beach, he became so engrossed in reading it he promptly missed his stop.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
We caught a young plastic toy vendor, engrossed on his phone, sitting on a concrete pillar that recorded 56.9C.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
They were so engrossed that when a woman entered and set two cups of coffee down on the end table, one beside each of them, she jumped.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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The Great Gatsby
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