Example Sentences

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But because, in fact, it had never occurred to me that one might not engage deeply and absorbedly with unalive things.

From Salon • Jun. 24, 2023

Mostly, she is happy because each day brings them someplace new, where Giulietta can absorbedly examine people, the sky, the road, the washing on a line.

From Time Magazine Archive

He spent hours riding around in omnibuses making notes on the "eccentricities of human nature" and absorbedly eavesdropping.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was a hot day and Madame Beattie, without her toup�e and with iced eau sucr�e beside her, was absorbedly reading.

From The Prisoner by Brown, Alice

Ann crossed the creek and ran up the opposite slope, turning often to look at Edward, who stood watching her absorbedly, a lightly-moving, radiant thing.

From Nobody's Child by Dejeans, Elizabeth