Synonym: bemused, deep in thought, haunted, lost, obsessed, taken up. Similar words: preoccupation, occupy, occupant, occupation, occur, jupiter, cup, pie. Meaning: [‚prɪ'ɑkjəpaɪd /-ɒkjʊ-] adj. 1. deeply absorbed in thought 2. having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something.
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91. For the first and last time in her life, Amelia was too preoccupied to interact with her peers.
92. We are frail, penny-pinching, well-bundled and preoccupied with our small concerns.
93. Industrial militancy naturally declined, and the problem of the unemployed almost completely preoccupied the labour movement until 1934.
94. But the small community of attorneys and mental health advocates for children has been preoccupied with the subject.
95. They are quarrelsome, politically unstable and poor; some are preoccupied with fighting.
96. By the early 1970s, partly preoccupied by family life, Tutin was seen far less in the theatre.
97. Wives bore a greater burden in dealing with these daily difficulties than did their preoccupied husbands.
98. He got preoccupied with my left hand and the right hook came in over his shoulder.
99. During the Napoleonic Wars, when people couldn't go abroad, they became more preoccupied with architectural styles.
100. Parents are often too busy, tired, or preoccupied to give their children the time and attention they need.
101. This air of being always overworked, preoccupied by esoteric matters was, he knew,(sentencedict.com) characteristic of some doctors and dentists.
102. Thoughts of failure preoccupied him on the drive out to his dacha.
103. The most creative artists were by no means always preoccupied by social criticism.
104. Her mind was preoccupied with the last name on her list.
105. Tends to be preoccupied with death and dying. 195.
106. While so preoccupied, he forgot his usual cautiousness.
107. Held to be preoccupied with respectability and material values.
108. China is understandably preoccupied by its staggering internal challenges.
109. He was preoccupied with chagrin and etiquette.
110. The problm of organization, especially the debate between alphabetical order and thematic or scientific order, preoccupied Diderot in the preface to the Encyclopedie.
111. The mathematical theory of economics is thus preoccupied with statistical techniques.
112. Psychopathic preoccupied with torture in the extreme, but not known to have committed murder.
113. She looked very preoccupied.
114. There are not a few who suspect that even Obama's America will be preoccupied with a checklist of more urgent concerns.
115. Liu Tung - fang had recently become preoccupied with personal matters.
116. In a world preoccupied with consumerism and petty self - interest,(http://sentencedict.com/preoccupied.html) that gives life dignity.
117. While others may be preoccupied with their responsibilities or goals, you have a knack for discovering enjoyable places where laughter, creativity, and happiness abound.
118. The women who went to the tomb on Easter Sunday morning were preoccupied.
119. Along the way she be preoccupied by some troubles, not to say a word.
120. Not surprisingly, the strikers were preoccupied with regaining their jobs and keeping their system of seniority.
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