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
His children had been but soft, vague memories to him; it was Felicita who had engrossed all his thought.
From Cobwebs and Cables by Hesba Stretton
The work of the Repository had engrossed much of her time, but in the summer she accompanied her parents and other members of the family on a tour in Scotland.
From Elizabeth Gilbert and Her Work for the Blind by Frances Martin
His rough colonial life, full of excitement and money-getting, had engrossed his youth.
From Not Like Other Girls by Rosa Nouchette Carey
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
