preoccupiedin a sentence
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She got no help from her husband who was preoccupied with the children.preoccupied = busy (doing or thinking about other things)
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The matter preoccupies her completely--she cannot think of anything elsepreoccupies = takes up the attention of
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Her mind was preoccupied with thoughts of the upcoming exam, making it hard for her to focus on the movie.preoccupied = distracted
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He was so preoccupied with Sattler that it was a moment before he realized his mistake. (source)
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The thought of what comes next has me preoccupied. (source)preoccupied = distracted (thinking about it)
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We had to go past the nurses' desk to get to the door, but the girl in white seemed preoccupied, sitting with her head down, writing something. (source)preoccupied = distracted (so she didn't notice)
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And, alas … that goddess is preoccupied at the moment. (source)preoccupied = took up the attention of
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I never understood her preoccupation with heredity. (source)preoccupation = continual thought and intereststandard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
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THROUGH DAYS OF TOIL ON DEFENSES, through endless hours taken up with military routine, endless problems of supply and paperwork, and the innumerable day-to-day preoccupations of those trying to carry on with the little that remained of normal civilian life, the thought that the British could appear any time was seldom out of mind.† (source)standard suffix: The suffix "-tions", converts a verb into a plural noun that denotes results of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in actions, illustrations, and observations.
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"Why did you enlist, son?" he asked, voicing the question that had been preoccupying him since they first met.† (source)preoccupying = taking up the attention of
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Of course, the dreams that I had during my illness continued to preoccupy me.† (source)preoccupy = keep busy thinking about or doing something
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West on Spring Street to the site of the construction that preoccupies him.† (source)preoccupies = takes up the attention of
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Hence, in his intercourse with Chang, he was sufficiently unpreoccupied to see in him a mannered old gentleman who might not be entirely trustworthy, but who was certainly of high intelligence.† (source)unpreoccupied = not lost in thought or busystandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unpreoccupied means not and reverses the meaning of preoccupied. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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They seemed to be preoccupied, and he wished he could reach up and grab them and train them on the here and now. (source)preoccupied = took up the attention of
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She passed an art gallery, almost walked by it in her preoccupation, then turned and went back. (source)preoccupation = involvement thinking about something
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Alessandro's struggles and preoccupations centered on hope and will.† (source)
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