preoccupying

Example Sentences

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The future preoccupying him right now, though, is the 2026 harvest.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026

“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

Whatever is getting you down or preoccupying you, you can't be thinking about that when you're birding.

From Salon • Jul. 19, 2023

Also preoccupying investors was U.S. inflation data, with economists polled by Reuters expecting a 5.5% year-on-year increase in core consumer prices for April.

From Reuters • May 10, 2023

It seems increasingly likely that I really will undertake the expedition that has been preoccupying my imagination now for some days.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro