engross

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

From the high-intensity action set pieces to the quieter moments, like riding on horseback or cooking a meal, Red Dead Redemption 2 is a game that will absolutely engross you if you let it.

From The Verge ● Dec. 17, 2018

He could engross himself in an inconsequential task for hours without growing restless or bored, as oblivious to fatigue as the stump of a tree, and almost as taciturn.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

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

Nevertheless, the Russians prefer it even to St. Petersburg, for they enjoy greater liberty in it, and are relieved from the rigorous etiquette that engrosses three-fourths of their time in the capital.

From Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. by Xavier Hommaire de Hell

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

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

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’d been so engrossed in the treasure they’d forgotten to look out for the men.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook

Mr. Warrick uses the passage as an epigraph for his engrossing biography.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

It was a match so engrossing it delayed the BBC News at 10.

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026

Beyond a purely aesthetic consideration, the exhibition is an engrossing seminar on every aspect of tarot.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 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