absorbing
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shell collecting can be so absorbing that you don't notice the tide coming in
Recent Examples of absorbing from the Web
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Phillips has crafted an absorbing novel about risk, survival and a parent’s instinct to protect her child while in the midst of a frightening though increasingly familiar scenario — the family-friendly outing that turns into a murderous rampage.
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But the melancholy, weird, and utterly absorbing third season of The Leftovers not only stuck the landing—
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The excellent cast includes Matthew Macfadyen, Tom Courtenay and Andy Serkis, and the miniseries was unusually absorbing and entertaining.
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A modest but absorbing exhibition of 10 early works introduces Japanese artist Tatsuo Kawaguchi, 77, to Los Angeles.
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This is no fault of Elliott, who remains genuine and absorbing throughout.
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For nearly three hours on Thursday, many Americans turned their attention to the engrossing, absorbing spectacle that was James Comey, the former FBI director, giving his first public remarks since President Donald Trump fired him one month ago.
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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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The amount of capital that’s required under the Financial Choice Act, loss- absorbing capital, far greater than Dodd-Frank, far greater the Basel Accords.
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Origin and Etymology of absorbing
from present participle of absorb
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