engrossing
adjective
en·gross·ing
in-ˈgrō-siŋ 
en-
: taking up the attention completely : absorbing
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Examples of engrossing in a Sentence
an engrossing lecture on Native American culture before the arrival of Europeans
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Throughout his narrative, his engrossing mixture of closeup witness and broad-view sociology calls to mind the late Howard S. Becker’s insistence that the best sociology is always, in the first instance, wide-angle reporting.
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The New Yorker, 12 June 2024
Is there a novel that’s taken you so far out of yourself, been so engrossing, that it’s been strange to return to yourself, to reality?
—Hazlitt, 12 June 2024
But when the cabinet decided on war, Yamamoto developed a brilliant attack plan and executed it nearly flawlessly, in maneuvers that Melber describes in engrossing detail.
—Andrew J. Nathan, Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2024
Pulitzer Prize-winning Staff Photographer Christina House spearheaded the project’s engrossing portraits.
—Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2024
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The New Yorker, 12 June 2024
Is there a novel that’s taken you so far out of yourself, been so engrossing, that it’s been strange to return to yourself, to reality?
—Hazlitt, 12 June 2024
But when the cabinet decided on war, Yamamoto developed a brilliant attack plan and executed it nearly flawlessly, in maneuvers that Melber describes in engrossing detail.
—Andrew J. Nathan, Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2024
Pulitzer Prize-winning Staff Photographer Christina House spearheaded the project’s engrossing portraits.
—Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2024
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“Engrossing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/engrossing. Accessed 19 Jun. 2024.
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