Examples of 'preoccupies' in a sentence

Meaning of "preoccupies"

To preoccupy means to absorb someone's attention or keep them busy with thoughts or activities. This verb implies a state of being engrossed, obsessed, or mentally consumed by specific matters or concerns. People can be preoccupied with work, relationships, worries, or personal interests, leading to distractions from other responsibilities or tasks
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  • third-person singular simple present indicative form of preoccupy

How to use "preoccupies" in a sentence

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Sometimes your own life preoccupies you.
It preoccupies waking hours and keeps people up at night.
The language of cinema is something that preoccupies me.
This is what now preoccupies our global elites.
Perhaps our own immediate future preoccupies us.
It is what preoccupies the reader.
The prospect of retirement preoccupies him.
How it preoccupies us with our sense of what we can do for each other.
This is the question that preoccupies us this morning.
It also preoccupies people who think seriously about food and drink.
No other question so preoccupies our people.
She also preoccupies herself with the emotional barometer of the relationship.
That is the question which preoccupies our people.
It preoccupies the younger children more readily and allows them follow the action easily.
Lithuanian gay law preoccupies MEPs.

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But what preoccupies our doctor especially is the difference between the rich and the poor.
No other questions so preoccupies our people.
But no issue preoccupies Chinese leaders more than the preservation of national unity.
Great article on a subject that preoccupies me.
The issue of safety rightly preoccupies many women who run on a regular basis or not.
Yet this is the question that necessarily preoccupies policymakers.
What preoccupies the Syrians today is the way we can stop the massacre.
Work is your action and this preoccupies your heart.
The question that preoccupies me is this, can income and private consumption be decoupled?
Let us have a talk about what preoccupies your mind.
It preoccupies me a lot, and I think thats very obvious within the books.
Its legacy is still a monument that preoccupies numerous artists.
What preoccupies our daily thoughts?
Something that preoccupies me.
The issue that preoccupies us, however, is whether this is proportionate.
You never occupied yourself with what preoccupies those of your age.
What preoccupies all of them?
Let me begin with the grave threat that confronts and preoccupies all of us.
Another subject which very much preoccupies people is pollution and traffic congestion in towns.
The question of late style clearly preoccupies Roth.
That 's what preoccupies you at the moment.
Jerome Fandor watch out the affair which preoccupies you.
For this is the question which preoccupies those who still remain Catholic.
But women 's equality is not the only cause that preoccupies her.
It is not man that preoccupies them, not at all.
But it is the trade-off between unemployment and inflation that most preoccupies central bankers.
Technological change is something that preoccupies us not only in radio, but also in television.
It would get rid of a serious problem . One that preoccupies us.
I have tried to broach a subjectwhich preoccupies me Since the beginning of dinner.
It preoccupies to you?
A similar master illusion currently preoccupies Asian governments.
But what preoccupies him most is death and the fear of death - his, mainly.
I have tried to broach a subject which preoccupies me Since the beginning of dinner.
What preoccupies me most about poor Jules ' ( de Goncourt ) death, is the survivor.
This House seems not to realise what really preoccupies the citizens back home.

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