occupied
adjective
lived in.
self-occupied
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a word derived from
occupied.
Example Sentences
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Little by little, his self-occupied personality yields, and at last he writes to her, "You have transformed my nature."
From The Friendships of Women by William Rounseville Alger
Close under the mirror stood the Shadow which attended her walks, but, self-occupied, him she did not see.
From Lilith, a romance by George MacDonald
Little Ugly is more thoroughly self-occupied and undemonstrative than ever.
From Autumn Leaves Original Pieces in Prose and Verse by Anne Wales Abbot
She seems to have been largely unconscious of her declension; self-occupied and self-contented, she scarcely noticed His absence; she was resting, resting alone,—never asking where He had gone, or how He was employed.
From Union And Communion or Thoughts on the Song of Solomon by James Hudson Taylor
Without appearing to hear her, he walked to the window, fidgeted about, hummed a tune, and seemed wholly self-occupied.
From Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
