preoccupy
verb (used with object)
to absorb or engross to the exclusion of other things.
is preoccupying
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present progressiveof preoccupy (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“What is preoccupying my brain, my everything, is just the fear of what’s going to happen next,” he said in an interview.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 21, 2023
But what sort of weapons are most useful, and how to think through the possible conclusion to the war, is preoccupying alliance leaders.
From New York Times ● Apr. 6, 2022
This year, another type of explosion is preoccupying me — not the grand orations of our Founding Fathers but Frederick Douglass’ 1852 jeremiad, “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2021
How the world deals with the rise of artificial intelligence is something that is preoccupying leading scientists and technologists, some of who worry that it represents a huge threat to humanity.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2015
Since my stay here I have acquired some important data towards the solution of the great problem which is preoccupying my mind.
From Recollections of My Youth by Ernest Renan
