engross

Example Sentences

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If you adjust your expectations accordingly, you’re in for an engrossing ride.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

He wears a thick scarf and appears engrossed in a book.

From Literature

But a plot, no matter how engrossing, can’t shoulder the burden alone.

From Los Angeles Times

As metaphors for the American dream go, Gabriel Tallent’s taut and engrossing second novel, “Crux,” is exceedingly direct: It’s literally a book about climbing.

From Los Angeles Times