All 7 Uses of
preoccupied
in
Crime and Punishment, by Dostoyevsky
- I have, too, a very important legal affair in the Senate, not to mention other preoccupations which you may well conjecture.†
Chpt 2.5 *
- Raskolnikov muttered in reply, but with such a preoccupied and inattentive air that Dounia gazed at him in perplexity.†
Chpt 3.3preoccupied = took up the attention of
- He observed her dreaminess and preoccupation.†
Chpt 3.4
- He seemed preoccupied by something.†
Chpt 5.1preoccupied = took up the attention of
- He was preoccupied with something else and even Lebeziatnikov at last noticed it.†
Chpt 5.1
- "Yes," she repeated, preoccupied and distressed.†
Chpt 5.4
- He was preoccupied with something of importance and was frowning.†
Chpt 6.4
Definition:
busy thinking about or doing something so that other things are not noticed or done