engross
verb (used with object)
to occupy completely, as the mind or attention; absorb.
have been engrossing
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present perfect progressiveof engross.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Even without the play-in, the battle for seeds at the top of the East would have been engrossing and unpredictable.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 7, 2022
The stories of Thomas Wolsey, Thomas Cromwell and Sir Thomas More might have been engrossing, but the screenplay leaves barely a scratch on any of their surfaces.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 27, 2013
On paper, there's no reason why any of this couldn't have been engrossing, or at least tolerable.
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2011
The interest of the contest is sufficiently great from the candidature of one philosopher of the first rank, and to Smith himself—already that philosopher's very close friend—it must have been engrossing.
From Life of Adam Smith by John Rae
