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Definition
busy thinking about or doing something so that other things are not noticed or done
- She had been aware of his preoccupations, whereas he had had no inkling of her intentions.Chapters 44-45 (42% in)
- He was preoccupied and made such a sloppy job of it that Louisa burst out laughing.Chapters 36-37 (97% in)
- Augustus regretted that his preoccupation with the arrows had made him so lax that he had failed to protect the horses.Chapters 93-94 (41% in)
There are no more uses of "preoccupied" in Lonesome Dove.
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