Examples of 'were preoccupied' in a sentence

Meaning of "were preoccupied"

were preoccupied - Indicates that someone was deeply engrossed or absorbed in their thoughts or activities, often to the point of distraction from other things

How to use "were preoccupied" in a sentence

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were preoccupied
We were preoccupied with the hands on a clock.
Economic policymakers were preoccupied with other matters.
You were preoccupied with some other things at the time.
Presumably while we were preoccupied with the corpse.
Many were preoccupied with implementing and finishing the textbook on time.
Writers at the time were preoccupied by them.
Others were preoccupied with defending positions of privilege.
Addicted teens also fantasized about or were preoccupied by being online.
Egyptians were preoccupied with life after death.
Had to be sure they were preoccupied.
You were preoccupied with each other.
At school it seemed that many girls were preoccupied with it.
They were preoccupied with the miraculous.
Our visitors were preoccupied.
But you were preoccupied and did not check the shipping boxes.

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He saw the future when others were preoccupied with their present.
We were preoccupied for those first four years With extraordinary civil rights attacks.
Their two little ones were preoccupied with eating their meal.
Were preoccupied with Ballistic missile defense.
All had free or were preoccupied with the election.
At first the band 's activities were irregular as its members were preoccupied with school.
But you were preoccupied.
Why did not you wait for me? You were preoccupied.
The early fathers were preoccupied with not just religious matters but also of economic concerns.
I wanted to tell my parents but they were preoccupied with two sick kids.
Mechitarists were preoccupied with the problem of preserving Armenian identity.
Things were happening without my participation, You were preoccupied with each other.
Ancient Greeks were preoccupied with philosophy and mathematics.
I was planning to start a life without you . While you were preoccupied with Crisis.
Perhaps our counterparts were preoccupied with Eurovision or something else.
Well, as Ken alluded crudely, we were preoccupied.
The Futurists were preoccupied with the technology and dynamism of modern life.
The early years of Nyerere 's presidency were preoccupied largely by African affairs.
His final years were preoccupied by the threat of the impending Persian onslaught against Egypt.
I was crazed . You were preoccupied.
And we were preoccupied with preventing them from entering Israel and carrying out attacks.
The alchemists of the middle ages were preoccupied in changing base metals into gold.
You were preoccupied with your books, with your career.
The ancient Egyptians were preoccupied with the afterlife.
You were preoccupied with Jenna at the time, so I did not wanna bother you.
The first generation of Netherlandish painters were preoccupied with making religious symbols more realistic.
All countries were preoccupied by the effects of globalization, regional integration and economic reforms.
And people got concerned - they were preoccupied by their own safety.
First, you were preoccupied getting married, and now you are preoccupied not getting married.
It seemed as though the ' major ' parties were preoccupied with the stakes of domestic politics.
Before, we were preoccupied with the CRTC hearings and the issuance of specialty service licenses.
The few people that were there… were preoccupied with the sexy beergirl.
They were preoccupied with Trudeau 's battle against those premiers opposing the Charter.
Auntie Em and Uncle Henry were preoccupied with their own worries.
You were preoccupied between husbands, dating, hosting charity events.

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