absorbing
adjective
ab·sorb·ing
əb-ˈsȯr-biŋ 
-ˈzȯr-
: fully taking one's attention : engrossing
an absorbing novel
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shell collecting can be so absorbing that you don't notice the tide coming in
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In this delightfully absorbing novel, an isolated house in the middle of a menacing desert landscape serves as the backdrop of a reality-TV competition.
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The New Yorker, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
Borrowing from a range of familiar sources, most notably the work of Octavia Butler, Thorne crafts a tense and absorbing story about the Freeman family’s attempt to survive in a world ravaged by disease, famine and a brutal civil war.
—Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 3 July 2025
Indeed, what begins as an absorbing evening of bridge is to turn into a more dangerous game altogether.
—Ashlee Conour, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2025
In this absorbing period drama, Daniel Day-Lewis stars as a respected lawyer in 1870s New York who falls in love with his fiancée May's (Winona Ryder) cousin, Ellen (Michelle Pfeiffer).
—Lia Beck, EW.com, 25 June 2025
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The New Yorker, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
Borrowing from a range of familiar sources, most notably the work of Octavia Butler, Thorne crafts a tense and absorbing story about the Freeman family’s attempt to survive in a world ravaged by disease, famine and a brutal civil war.
—Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 3 July 2025
Indeed, what begins as an absorbing evening of bridge is to turn into a more dangerous game altogether.
—Ashlee Conour, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2025
In this absorbing period drama, Daniel Day-Lewis stars as a respected lawyer in 1870s New York who falls in love with his fiancée May's (Winona Ryder) cousin, Ellen (Michelle Pfeiffer).
—Lia Beck, EW.com, 25 June 2025
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“Absorbing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/absorbing. Accessed 31 Jul. 2025.
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