interest
noun
the feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is particularly engaged by something.
have interested
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present perfectof interest.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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At least publicly, Biden seemed energized by grappling with the kinds of international issues that have interested him for decades.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 26, 2022
Parallel lives have interested Potter as far back as Orlando, her 1992 Oscar-nominated fantasy with Tilda Swinton as an Elizabethan nobleman, jumping time and genders.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 4, 2020
Though that’s a bit more… mundane… than fixing traffic, those lines of business seem to have interested The Boring Company enough that it’s begun talking about using its tunnel technology for more than just transportation.
From The Verge ● Dec. 19, 2018
The Healing Farm plans to have interested vets take the boot camp model and expand it throughout the country in an open-source manner in any way that might work best in a given situation.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 21, 2015
“Oh, she’s gone away to get married,” Holmes said, as if nothing could have interested him less.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
