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Definition
busy thinking about or doing something so that other things are not noticed or done
- GEORGE (Seemingly relaxed and preoccupied, never looking): Oh, that's nice.2 — Act 2 (94% in)
preoccupied = took up the attention of
- GEORGE (Preoccupied) I don't want to kiss you, Martha.1 — Act 1 (13% in)
- GEORGE: (Nastily, but he is so preoccupied he hardly notices his own tone) For what?1 — Act 1 (48% in)
- I seem preoccupied with history.1 — Act 1 (53% in)
- (He strikes a pose, his hand over his heart, his head raised, his voice stentorian) "I am preoccupied with history."1 — Act 1 (53% in)
- MARTHA: George is not preoccupied with history...... George is preoccupied with the History Department.1 — Act 1 (54% in)
- MARTHA: George is not preoccupied with history...... George is preoccupied with the History Department.1 — Act 1 (54% in)
- George is preoccupied with the History Department because ....1 — Act 1 (54% in)
- GEORGE (Preoccupied) Martha?2 — Act 2 (1% in)
There are no more uses of "preoccupied" in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?.
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