self-occupied
- a word derived from occupied.
Example Sentences
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Cornelius was too much offended and self-occupied to be amused, but both Mrs. Raymount and Vavasor laughed, the latter recognizing in Hester's extemporization a vein similar to his own.
From Weighed and Wanting by MacDonald, George
Heavier grief—grief more self-occupied and deaf to all voice of sympathy—I have not happened to witness.
From Autobiographical Sketches by De Quincey, Thomas
Close under the mirror stood the Shadow which attended her walks, but, self-occupied, him she did not see.
From Lilith, a romance by MacDonald, George
Anne hoped the gentlemen might each be too much self-occupied to hear.
From Persuasion by Austen, Jane
But the self-occupied mind has no dramatic power, and so their repertory contained one single character, a reproduction of their own in different attitudes and situations.
From Studies in Literature and History by Miller, John O.
