engrossing
adjective
en·gross·ing
in-ˈgrō-siŋ 
en-
: taking up the attention completely : absorbing
Examples of engrossing in a Sentence
an engrossing lecture on Native American culture before the arrival of Europeans
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This engrossing read is where my rabbit-hole of knowledge about Milton Humason began, a janitor and mule skinner who helped with the construction of Mount Wilson Observatory, then went on to aid Hubble in several major discoveries.
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Space.com Staff, Space.com, 28 Dec. 2025
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The latter is best understood through passages told through the perspective of her father, which provides an engrossing, critical view of Chen as a daughter.
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—Dan Stahl, New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2025
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Space.com Staff, Space.com, 28 Dec. 2025
In this engrossing combination of historical fiction, folk horror and campus novel, a struggling academic comes into contact with a historically significant artifact: her ancestor’s 100-year-old diary, which details his conversations with a mysterious Native American man who might be a vampire.
—Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 18 Dec. 2025
The latter is best understood through passages told through the perspective of her father, which provides an engrossing, critical view of Chen as a daughter.
—Emma Alpern, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
Russo-Young revisits her family’s unique—and headline-making—history in this engrossing docuseries about her biological father, a gay sperm donor, suing for paternity rights, and the lawsuit that threatened her already vulnerable family.
—Dan Stahl, New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2025
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“Engrossing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/engrossing. Accessed 6 Jan. 2026.
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