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Sentences starting with absorbed

Absorbed as she was in her own affairs, she forgot some of them in his presence. [9]
Absorbed in the presentation of his subject (which chanced to be himself), Mr. Crewe did not observe that her lips were parted, and that there were little creases around her eyes. [9]
Absorbed in his own thoughts, Hermon waited for the admiral, who at first was claimed by one official duty after another. [10]
Absorbed in the Netherlands, she forgot to notice the nearest things which presented themselves to her gaze. [10]
Absorbed in the mad contest for life, for money and pleasure and power she felt no need to lift her eyes beyond the level of her material endeavours. [9]
Absorbed in appearance, as we have seen, and feigning a profound abstraction, he noted every circumstance of his behaviour, and when he withdrew with his family, shot out after him. [12]

Sentences ending with absorbed

He knelt and was soon absorbed. [11]
Carnac gazed at it for a moment, absorbed. [11]
It was a good thing to draw it back, and rub his nose very hard with it, if he thought Miss Sally was going to look up, and to recompense himself with more hardy flourishes when he found she was still absorbed. [12]
Tom swept his brush daintily back and forth--stepped back to note the effect--added a touch here and there--criticised the effect again--Ben watching every move and getting more and more interested, more and more absorbed. [5]
I stood absorbed. [11]

Sentences containing absorbed two or more times

I did not feel the need of affection in those days, so absorbed was I in building up, --so absorbed and driven, you might say. [9]

More example sentences with the word absorbed in them

It absorbed New York gossip for two days, and then another topic took possession of the mercurial city; but it was the sort of event to take possession of the country mind. [4]
He was not yet aware of her arrival for, completely absorbed in the subject of their conversation, he was talking with his private secretary Escovedo. [10]
Surely no one would have predicted when Ruth left Philadelphia that she would become absorbed to this extent, and so happy, in a life so unlike that she thought she desired. [5]
At home she would have absorbed it eagerly; they would have discussed it; the doubts and suggestions in it would have assumed the deepest personal importance. [4]
Verus at once withdrew into the window and pretended to be absorbed in looking out on the harbor. [10]
The Emperor Charles, with his forehead resting on his hand, sat absorbed in thought before the papers which had occupied his attention. [10]
The pony looked with great attention into a fire-plug which was near him, and appeared to be quite absorbed in contemplating it. [12]
Indeed, it was with a well-defined feeling of antagonism that he took his seat, and this was enhanced as they flew westward, Mr. Parr wholly absorbed with the speaking trumpet, energetically rebuking at every bounce. [9]
It absorbed his whole nature and made him wretched enough. [5]
Besides this feeling which absorbed her altogether and hindered her from following the details of her husband's plans, thoughts that had no connection with what he was saying flitted through her mind. [2]
Then, one morning when she was alone in the office with young Caldwell, who was absorbed in some reports, Ditmar entered unexpectedly and looked her full in the eyes, surprising her into answering his glance before she could turn away, hating herself and hating him. [9]
I can't think what Mr. Daly can have been absorbed in. [5]
A contrast they were, these buckskin-clad pioneers, to the ill-assorted humanity they watched, absorbed in struggles for the very lands they had won. [9]
The thoughts which were in her mind so completely absorbed her that she now studiously sought the solitude which she had formerly shunned like a misfortune. [10]
Cheerfulness and serenity were ever with her, undisturbed by wish to probe the mystery of the life which had once absorbed her own. [11]
Self-centered as Lise was, absorbed in her own trouble and present physical discomfort, this unaccustomed word from her sister and the vehemence with which it was spoken surprised and frightened her, brought home to her some hint of the terror in Janet's soul. [9]
While the prophet was absorbed in these reflections a pair of ravens fluttered around his head and, croaking loudly, alighted on the dusty ruins of one of the shattered houses. [10]
The Honourable Hilary was absorbed in his daily perusal of the Guardian. [9]
But he was very much absorbed, and apparently more idle than ever. [4]
It seemed to Venters that Lassiter grew more and more absorbed in his study of Bess, and that he lost his coolness in some strange, softening sympathy. [13]
Every house, every tree, every wall seemed to radiate the heat it had absorbed during the day. [10]
Every day he took a mysterious book out of his desk and absorbed himself in it at times when no classes were reciting. [5]
Berry, however, said to the still absorbed musician: "Where did you learn to play? [11]
To be allowed to stay and paint with him, become absorbed in conversation about art, its problems, means and purposes, afforded her the highest, purest happiness. [10]
Then she asked to see the architect's plan for joining the museum to the sanctuary, and became absorbed in the first sketch, to which he had devoted part of the night and morning. [10]
Several parties spoke to him on the subject; but to all such inquiries he turned a deaf ear, being entirely absorbed in the terrifying reflections on his own awful position. [5]
The king seemed to have forgotten the presence of strangers, and to be wholly absorbed in thought, but by degrees a change came over his face, it cleared, as a landscape is cleared from the morning mists under the influence of the spring sunshine. [10]
When he was to guide the reed in the counting-house, he sketched; when he was sent to the harbour to direct the loading of the ships, he became absorbed in gazing at the statues placed there. [10]
The reader seems to be deeply absorbed in its contents, and at times greatly excited by what he reads; for his face is flushed, his eyes glitter, and--there rolls a large tear down his cheek. [6]
There had been times when she seemed of it, part of it, absorbed by it, till it flowed over her soul and wrapped her in a deep content. [11]
While Ruth was thus absorbed in her new occupation, and the spring was wearing away, Philip and his friends were still detained at the Southern Hotel. [5]
But the abbe, though he evidently enjoyed the beauty of his companion, was absorbed in his mastery of the matter. [2]
So absorbed were they in the pursuit of wealth, of distraction, so satisfied with the current philosophy, so intent on surrounding themselves with beautiful things and thus shutting out the sterner view, that they had grown heedless of the divine message. [9]
When thus engaged, they become so absorbed that a skilful archer may shoot nearly the whole party. [1]
I can understand these alternations of feeling in a young person who has been long absorbed in a single pursuit, and in whom the human instincts which have been long silent are now beginning to find expression. [6]
But Cynthia watched them, as was her duty, and gradually absorbed many things which are useful if not essential--outward observances of which the world takes cognizance, and which she had been sent there by Uncle Jethro to learn. [9]
Usually she distinguished them in dreams, but they often came to her also in solitary hours, when she was deeply absorbed by thoughts of the past or the future. [10]
If power was the word, he scarcely understood how to use it aright, for wholly absorbed in himself, he led a joyless life of dissatisfied longing and gloomy reverie. [10]
Wholly absorbed by the stormy emotions of her heart, the maiden had forgotten time and every external consideration; but the lady Euryale was thoughtful for her, and now led her to her chamber to have her hair dressed for the Circus. [10]
He had absorbed the salt of tears and valour. [11]
The venture before the last had been sugar, and when he arrived in Cairo, having seen his fields and factories absorbed in the Khedive's domains, he had but one ten pounds to his name. [11]
In spite of the fact that every moment of his time during the past fortnight had been absorbed by the cares, responsibilities, and trials thrust upon him, he reproached himself for not having gone oftener to Dalton Street. [9]
Twice walking with the English Annex, I met him, and they were so deeply absorbed in conversation they hardly noticed me. [6]
Having satisfied himself that they were of the same pattern and materials, he came to a stop apparently absorbed in meditation. [12]
Well, she's more than worth while experimenting on, she must have lived and breathed what you call the `movie atmosphere' all her life, and yet she never seems to have read and absorbed any sentimental literature or cheap religion. [9]
My subject had taken me up, drawn me on, and absorbed me into itself. [6]
This morning she stood apart (after telling it,) for some time, looking vacantly at the floor, and absorbed in meditation. [5]
Ledscha was still standing by the doorpost of the cella with uplifted hand, so deeply absorbed in fervent prayer that she did not perceive the approach of the messenger until he called her. [10]
Their bright eyes sparkled with pleasure while describing the work of their own hands, and they were so absorbed in eager delight that they did not notice the approach of a man until startled by his words: "Enough of this idle sport now, your Highnesses. [10]
Paaker, accustomed to solitude, became absorbed in thought, forgetting everything that surrounded him; even the widow herself, who had sunk on to a couch, and was observing him in silence. [10]
She had felt so secure in her innocence, and the countess had interceded for her so cleverly that, absorbed by anxieties concerning Eva, Cordula, and her mother, she had already half forgotten the disagreeable incident. [10]
But Pierre was so absorbed that he did not understand what was said. [2]
Besides, Oshondonto was so absent-minded at the moment, so absorbed in admiration of the garish scene before him, that he addressed the chief in French, of which Knife-in-the-Wind knew but the one word cache, which all the North knows. [11]
Mr. Brinsmade was silent, leaning back in the corner of the carriage, and Virginia absorbed in her own thoughts. [9]
On the other side sat Count Ostermann-Tolstoy, seemingly absorbed in his own thoughts. [2]
Here he remained several weeks, absorbed by the multitudinous attractions. [4]
Mr Quilp was serenely gazing at the stars, quite absorbed in celestial contemplation. [12]
It would have seemed a pretty incident to Jack, if he had not been absorbed in more important things. [4]
He did not see the fair Carmen again, and in a few weeks the appointment was forgotten, for painting under Moor's instruction absorbed him as nothing in his life had ever done before, and few things did after. [10]
He seemed to see and hear nothing of what was going on around him and to be absorbed by some depressing and unsolved problem. [2]
But he had scarcely begun to be absorbed in the new copy of the best manuscript of Apuleius, which had readied him from Florence, and make notes in the first Roman printed work of this author, when Cassian interrupted him. [10]
She took occasional rests from practicing, and absorbed herself in calculating her chances. [5]
The stories they read, if they read at all--the novels, so called, that they have been brought up on--are the diluted and feeble fictions that flood the country, and that scarcely rise above the intellectual level of Jimmy and the absorbed pig. [4]
There was a range of sensibilities of which Lurida knew far less than she did of those many and difficult studies which had absorbed her vital forces. [6]
There was a question in her gaze, which never in the course of the speech was quite absorbed by the admiration--the intense admiration--she was feeling for him. [11]
His countenance had put on an expression of eager attention, and he once more took up the painting attributed to Apelles, sat down with it on the couch, and appeared wholly absorbed in the contemplation of the picture, which hid his face from the bystanders. [10]
The man was prostrate on the ground and absorbed in prayer, and he did not raise himself till the porter called him, and threw the light of his little lamp full in his face. [10]
Evelyn, flushed with pleasure and absorbed in her own thoughts, saw that something had gone wrong with her mother and kept silent. [4]
He stilled the people to a unison of sentiment, none the less interested and absorbed because it was known that he had been the cause of the great breach between the Queen and the favourite. [11]
One day she passed along; an old darkey on shore, absorbed in his own matters, did not notice what steamer it was. [5]
In the latter part of the last act, where the "Gladiator" (Forrest) dies at his brother's feet, (in all the fierce pleasure of gratified revenge,) the man's whole soul seems absorbed in the part he is playing; and it is really startling to see him. [5]
The base metals oxydize and are absorbed with the lead into the pores of the cupel. [5]
She had her own way, for Mr. Driscoll soon absorbed himself in his speculations and left her to her own devices. [5]
A veil fell over the back of her head and she sat gazing into her lap as if she were absorbed in prayer; her hands were folded and held a cross. [10]
There were also other books-histories, biographies of distinguished people, travels in far lands, poems, especially those of Byron, Scott and Shelley and Moore, which she eagerly absorbed, and appropriated therefrom what was to her liking. [5]
Under the tree Orlando listened with strained attention, absorbed and, at times, almost overcome. [11]
But while every one was most absorbed in gazing over the side, and the interest was momentarily increasing, it was observed with consternation that the vessel was adrift and the anchor-cable hanging limp from the bow. [5]
But while every one was most absorbed in gazing over the side, and the interest was momentarily increasing, it was observed with consternation that the vessel was adrift and the anchor cable hanging limp from the bow. [5]
The clergyman, at one of the dinner parties, gravely asked a blessing as upon an Institution that included and absorbed all other institutions in its being.... [9]
If he had once been carried on to a bold deed, it seemed to have exhausted his energy; for he remained absorbed in the most pitiable love-sickness. [10]
The shining eyes of venturesome mice and rats peered out at the old man from cracks and coverts, but he went on with his work, rapt, absorbed, and noted none of these things. [5]
And to each of these persons what is outside of his world seems of secondary importance; he is absorbed in his own, which seems to him all-embracing. [4]
As the development of the uterus proceeds, the two cornua become gradually shorter, until at length they are lost, or, as it were, absorbed into the body of the uterus. [1]
This ruin consisted of merely a couple of crumbling masses of masonry which bore a rude resemblance to human faces; they leaned forward and touched foreheads, and had the look of being absorbed in conversation. [5]
Well, just think of it: a while ago, while Providence's attention was absorbed in disordering some time-tables so as to break up a trip of mine to Mr. Church's on the Hudson, that Johnstown dam got loose. [5]
Perhaps the pleasure of being absorbed is not equal to the pleasure of absorbing, and we cannot say how this proposal will commend itself to the victims of the euthanasia. [4]
The mere thought of a Juan Diaz, who had absorbed the heretical Lutheran doctrine here, returning home to infect the hearts of the Castilians with its venom, makes my blood boil also. [10]
The king was not interested, and wanted to move along, but I was absorbed, and full of pity. [5]
But Paula did not hear; her soul was no doubt absorbed in anguish and the terror of death. [10]
So vividly is noise suggested, that spectators who become absorbed in the picture almost always fall to shouting comments in each other's ears, making ear-trumpets of their curved hands, fearing they may not otherwise be heard. [5]
The saturated road no longer absorbed the water, which ran along the ruts in streams. [2]
During these events Nitetis had been sitting alone in her house on the hanging-gardens, absorbed in the saddest thoughts. [10]
When he dies, Nirvana is his; he will be absorbed into the substance of the Supreme Deity and be at peace forever. [5]
Thus absorbed, she neither saw nor listened to anything that was occurring near her or in the large room of the tavern, but stood gazing into vacancy as if rapt away from earth. [10]
Phineas Arms martial name--was long since dust, and even the mortal part of the great Captain Moses Rice had been absorbed in the soil and passed perhaps with the sap up into the old but still blooming apple-trees. [4]
She was so much absorbed in these reflections and doubts that she scarcely heard all the garrulous old nurse was saying as she walked by her side. [10]
He was too much absorbed in observing the famous man's personality. [2]
They were too much absorbed in hating themselves--hating the ill luck that made them take the spade and the pick there. [5]
At this impressive moment, a startling apparition intruded upon the scene--an apparition observed by none in the absorbed multitude, until it suddenly appeared, moving up the great central aisle. [5]
Indeed, at that moment Mr. Ditmar himself was stepping off the end of the bridge and about to start the engine when, dropping the crank, he walked to the dashboard and apparently became absorbed in some mechanisms there. [9]

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