Use "preoccupied" in a sentence

1. Thoughts of failure preoccupied him.

2. Offstage he was fairly quiet, preoccupied.

3. The front seats have been preoccupied.

4. He was preoccupied with chagrin and etiquette.

5. While so preoccupied, he forgot his usual cautiousness.

6. Through the door hurries Gordon Stainforth, bespectacled and preoccupied.

7. I know how to keep Evan preoccupied.

8. I was more preoccupied by my O levels.

9. He answered me in a rather preoccupied manner.

10. Since you're preoccupied, I'll intuit your flattering compliment.

11. I was too preoccupied to hear the bell.

12. You look preoccupied: what are you thinking of?

13. Health worries preoccupied him for the whole holiday.

14. What's wrong with Cindy? She seems a little preoccupied.

15. Her mind was whirling, preoccupied with her own thoughts.

16. She seemed preoccupied and kept glancing toward the window.

17. He looked oddly preoccupied , staring past me at my mother .

18. Charette became preoccupied with capturing Noirmoutier on the coast.

19. His mannerisms are more those of a preoccupied math professor.

20. She's been very preoccupied recently because her mother has been very ill.

21. Why is the media so preoccupied with the love lives of politicians?

22. He was too preoccupied with his own problems to worry about hers.

23. Unlike many writers of the period, she is not preoccupied with morality.

24. 22 synonyms for Buried: absorbed, engrossed, preoccupied, lost, committed, concentrating, occupied

25. ‘Some were preoccupied with God, others were Atheistic to the core.’

26. Don’t be preoccupied with them, and don’t be discouraged by them.

27. She seemed preoccupied all the time I was talking to her.

28. 21 Science fiction has been preoccupied with such matters for years.

29. 11 His mannerisms are more those of a preoccupied math professor.

30. ‘some were preoccupied with God, others were Atheistic to the core’

31. Avoidants often pair off with either Secure or Anxious-Preoccupied partners

32. Child labor is aggravated by a modern society that is preoccupied with consumerism.

33. Criminologists have been preoccupied with the gang as metonym, icon or index

34. He was distant and... preoccupied and other times he was just angry.

35. You were too preoccupied to notice me at the bus stop yesterday.

36. 32 synonyms for Abstracted: preoccupied, withdrawn, remote, absorbed, intent, absent, distracted

37. He's completely preoccupied with all the wedding preparations at the moment.

38. So have we become a self-centred society, preoccupied with materialism?

39. We Catholics of the Anglican patrimony, of course, have always been preoccupied with Birettas

40. Absentminded definition is - lost in thought and unaware of one's surroundings or actions : preoccupied

41. But Damascus appeared to be preoccupied with its own domestic unrest, according to Quran.

42. During most of this time, FitzGerald was preoccupied with flowers, music, and literature.

43. We are frail, penny-pinching, well-bundled and preoccupied with our small concerns.

44. They may be preoccupied with family members, economic difficulties, or personal problems.

45. He was too preoccupied with his own thoughts to notice anything wrong.

46. We are too preoccupied with our own thoughts to listen for understanding.

47. The arguments which thus preoccupied the Standing Committee divided along predictably partisan lines.

48. Deeply interested or involved; preoccupied: He had an Absorbed look on his face.

49. Absentmindedly: 1 adv in an absentminded or preoccupied manner Synonyms: absently , abstractedly , inattentively

50. Abstractedly: 1 adv in an absentminded or preoccupied manner Synonyms: absently , absentmindedly , inattentively

51. All of them except this gentlemen here, who's preoccupied by his new jacket.

52. 22 Don't be preoccupied with the myths and genealogy, but focus on godliness.

53. Psychopathic preoccupied with torture in the extreme, but not known to have committed murder.

54. 7 What preoccupied him in the print was the chalet,[www.Sentencedict.com] its perfect simplicity.

55. Bemused (comparative more Bemused, superlative most Bemused) deeply thoughtful; preoccupied; perplexed and bewildered; Translations

56. But the residents are inordinately preoccupied with propriety, and nothing at all is funny.

57. The picaresque literature of the period is also very preoccupied with food and drink.

58. The key is not to become too preoccupied with the mundane things of life.

59. Mr Heath's Government was chiefly preoccupied with his attempt to restore the economy after Labour mismanagement.

60. Unbeknownst to his foreign policy advisers, Nixon was already preoccupied with the unraveling of Watergate.

61. The lack of purposeful activity can leave the mind preoccupied with worry over self.

62. In 1992, Ball became preoccupied with the media circus around the Amy Fisher trial.

63. The fund is buttoned - up, hierarchical and preoccupied with hard money and sound budgets.

64. Under Anne, High Churchmen became preoccupied with trying to eradicate the practice of occasional conformity.

65. 30 To a Western eye , [ they ] seem poorly dressed, ill - groomed , dour and preoccupied ( Peter Lewis ).

66. 2 Common Distractions: Some have become preoccupied with excessive or questionable recreation, even becoming TV addicts.

67. Industrial militancy naturally declined, and the problem of the unemployed almost completely preoccupied the labour movement until 19

68. Brooding definition, preoccupied with depressing, morbid, or painful memories or thoughts: a Brooding frame of mind

69. In an absentminded or preoccupied manner Familiarity information: Absentmindedly used as an adverb is very rare.

70. Synonyms for Abstracted include absent-minded, absorbed, daydreaming, distracted, inattentive, preoccupied, absent, dreamy, engrossed and remote

71. In an absentminded or preoccupied manner Familiarity information: Abstractedly used as an adverb is very rare.

72. Those of Thanatos archetypal nature tend to be preoccupied with their appearance from a health standpoint.

73. Synonyms for Consumed include disbursed, expended, paid, paid out, spent, used up, engrossed, absorbed, immersed and preoccupied

74. David Batty is one of them, but he is more preoccupied with fighting off an ankle injury.

75. The legislated-excellence movement seems preoccupied with keel ing all learning within the four walls of the school.

76. With Thatcher running amok through the welfare state, lobby groups are preoccupied defending what was once thought unassailable.

77. 12 Amy, sweet, compliant, pretty, even though in love with Edwin, was totally preoccupied with her own family.

78. I've wasted a lot of breath over the past few months on whatever's gotten you so preoccupied.

79. This refers to people who are too preoccupied for the Kingdom seed to take root in their hearts.

80. People are so preoccupied with their daily routines that they do not heed warnings and evidence of the approaching apocalypse.