interest
noun
the feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is particularly engaged by something.
has interested
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present perfectof interest (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Mayor Mamdani discussed a large Queens real-estate development, which has interested President Trump, with several CEOs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026
What has interested you about the discussion within the fandom when it comes to them?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2024
“Vance has interested me ever since his bestselling memoir, Hillbilly Elegy, was published in 2016,” van Zuylen-Wood said.
From Slate ● Jan. 10, 2022
Each time, what has interested her most is the fringe material: exotic footnotes, smart one-liners, bizarre quasi-scientific phenomena.
From New York Times ● Aug. 8, 2010
I am most gratified to find that Lady Charleville has interested herself for me, and hope the best results from it.
From Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I by Edmund Downey
