preoccupy
verb (used with object)
to absorb or engross to the exclusion of other things.
preoccupies
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present tense formof preoccupy (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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This season, an event of global significance preoccupies the nuns and nurses of Nonnatus House: Their branch office in Hong Kong has fallen into the street.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
This is a really critical piece that preoccupies me: what that does to our ability to organize and be in solidarity.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2023
From watching Indian movies, it would seem as if no issue preoccupies young Indians more than romantic love.
From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2021
This sort of shift in institutional thinking preoccupies Lynda Roscoe Hartigan, who was recently named the Peabody Essex Museum’s first female director in its 221-year history.
From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2021
This preoccupies her, it’s her own mystery that she hasn’t been able to solve.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
