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Examples of absorbing in a Sentence
shell collecting can be so absorbing that you don't notice the tide coming in
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Longtime Sports Illustrated writer John Garrity, an eloquent and absorbing writer in his own right, consciously admired others more but never consciously emulated anyone else.
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An over-the-top electronic fusion of Tinkertoys and an ant farm, SC3K is deeply absorbing.
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Origin and Etymology of absorbing
from present participle of absorb
First Known Use: 1806
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