engross
verb (used with object)
to occupy completely, as the mind or attention; absorb.
had engrossed
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past perfectof engross.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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She would tend to Chiron until his leg was fully recovered, and keep studying Daedalus’s laptop, which had engrossed her for the last two months.
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
Alex inquired, having taken no part whatever in the lengthy discussions as to partners and handicaps which had engrossed Cedric and Barbara for the past ten days.
From Consequences by E. M. Delafield
Looking up, she saw before her the same face that had engrossed her thoughts and fancy!
From Love Works Wonders A Novel by Charlotte M. Brame
Lance pulled up his hired horse, his thoughts coming back with a jerk from the same disagreeable subject that had engrossed Mary Hope.
From Rim o' the World by Anton Otto Fischer
Cook thus “put an end to the search for a southern continent, which had engrossed the attention of maritime nations for two centuries.”
From Explorers and Travellers by Adolphus W. Greely
