Examples of engrossing in a Sentence

an engrossing lecture on Native American culture before the arrival of Europeans

Recent Examples on the Web This volume, it should be said up front, is not an engrossing nonfiction narrative. — Marc Levinson, WSJ, 28 July 2022 Books are at the heart of this engrossing and poignant tale told by Tookie, a Native American woman living in Minneapolis. — The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Aug. 2022 With an engrossing and genre-bending plot, Parasite captivates with suspenseful storytelling all throughout the film and delivers a truly intriguing take on the themes of class, violence and social inequality. — Hannah Jeon, Good Housekeeping, 11 Aug. 2022 It’s yet another peak moment in what has become one of the most engrossing and unlikely mainstream runs in recent music history. — cleveland, 11 Aug. 2022 Otherwise, Dream and his cohorts too often get lost in dingy darkness or wide, muddy CGI landscapes that ring too false to be truly engrossing. — Caroline Framke, Variety, 5 Aug. 2022 And yet, despite a shred of story that’s told episodically, EO, which clocks in at a concise 86 minutes, can be an engrossing experience. — Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 May 2022 There’s no better form of literary escape than an engrossing mystery. — Wsj Books Staff, WSJ, 21 July 2022 Instead, the engrossing, intelligent, and utterly absorbing novel tells the story of a battle for the ownership of human consciousness, the dangers of technology, and the power of family across generations and eras. — The Editors, Town & Country, 13 July 2022 See More

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