preoccupy in English
Use "preoccupy" in a sentence
1. Crime and the fear of crime preoccupy the community.
2. The red race did not preoccupy themselves with such forms of entertainment.
3. But at the moment he had other things to preoccupy him.
4. Did we respond to the call or are we preoccupy with our own interest?
5. It seems inevitable that Chinese--American relations will increasingly come to preoccupy the world.
6. Yet we feel a need to go somewhere busy, distracting, loud, a place that can preoccupy.
7. Otherwise, thoughts of attack and counter - attack will preoccupy him and people his entire world.
8. Absorb (oneself) in (something) To occupy or preoccupy oneself completely with activity or pursuit
9. As you said, it's creating a space for discussing topics that really preoccupy people.
10. It is the Chinese which preoccupy the Russian Far East and their presence is highly visible.
11. This question continues to haunt us, and Moynihan's arguments about black culture still preoccupy and divide academics.
12. An intelligent man considers the prospect of failure, but he doesn't preoccupy himself with pointless worry.
13. Stressful or demanding relationships may preoccupy your mind and consume your time so that you neglect your own health.
14. Obsessions are the unwanted thoughts and ideas that preoccupy a person’s mind whereas Compulsions are the repeated behaviors.
15. The implementation of the 1996 act will continue to preoccupy Powell for the duration of his time as commissioner.
16. Also several organizations related to the movie invited their customers to the preview so we need to preoccupy the registration desk.
17. If you don't have any intention of actually doing it then this isn't something that should preoccupy your time right now.
18. They have the same concerns as everyone else about the world their children will inhabit, the same worries that preoccupy us all.
19. Entering a foreign market is an expensive endeavour, he points out, even before firms encounter the tariffs or transport costs that preoccupy most trade models.
20. But it is not hearts and minds in Kabul and Kandahar that most preoccupy the PM now, but hearts and minds much closer to home.
21. Apostrophizes contempt hospitality empotrar plea is not available delayed access quiet teippi Preoccupy Experimenter bias to support, strengthen, uphold/ to besiege Epilobium parviflorum Schr
22. The report says that technologies for mitigating — rather than adapting to — climate change dominate because they preoccupy the more advanced developing countries and are potentially more lucrative.
23. This is certainly an acceptable usage of the word in ordinary language but it is a broader conception of philosophy than that which will preoccupy us in this book.
24. She envisions a time when the writing and travel will not preoccupy her so and she can retreat on a piece of land and create her own garden, raising her own food.
25. You-- It's been a series of-- a huge controversy in the popular culture to the extent of which parents matter and this is an issue which will preoccupy us for much of the course.
26. Arrogate: 1 v seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession Synonyms: assume , seize , take over , usurp Types: show 7 types hide 7 types annex take (territory) as if by conquest appropriate , capture , conquer , seize take possession of by force, as after an invasion preoccupy occupy