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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All of which is to say that cultivating a healthy, creative digital life can easily become an absorbing pursuit unto itself.
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Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2025
The Dahlia Rouge Hand Cream is intensely moisturizing yet fast-absorbing, packed with nourishing argan oil, plumping hyaluronic acid, smoothing squalane, and a rich blend of cocoa and shea butters that leave skin incredibly soft.
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Minnesota comedy historian Patrick Strait delivers an absorbing history of Acme Comedy Company, the second-biggest club in Minneapolis during its peak era.
—Brian Boone, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2025
The novelistic world-building that sets up Packer’s empire is never especially vivid, but the system’s demise makes for some gruesomely absorbing stretches.
—Literary Hub, 13 Nov. 2025
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Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2025
The Dahlia Rouge Hand Cream is intensely moisturizing yet fast-absorbing, packed with nourishing argan oil, plumping hyaluronic acid, smoothing squalane, and a rich blend of cocoa and shea butters that leave skin incredibly soft.
—Lily Wohlner, Allure, 12 Dec. 2025
Minnesota comedy historian Patrick Strait delivers an absorbing history of Acme Comedy Company, the second-biggest club in Minneapolis during its peak era.
—Brian Boone, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2025
The novelistic world-building that sets up Packer’s empire is never especially vivid, but the system’s demise makes for some gruesomely absorbing stretches.
—Literary Hub, 13 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for absorbing
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“Absorbing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/absorbing. Accessed 29 Dec. 2025.
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