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• The Prime Minister was preoccupied with nonbudgetary concerns such as the war.From the entry nonbudgetary
• We’re too busy, too lazy, too preoccupied to lose ourselves in books.2023 June 21, A. O. Scott, “Everyone Likes Reading. Why Are We So Afraid of It?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry commodify
• We live in an opulent blandness—overfed, overtended, overentertained, and overly preoccupied with ourselves.2013, Stephen Mansfield, Mansfield's Book of Manly Men. From the entry overentertained
• It is, dare I say it, too preoccupied with being respectably booky rather than wildly bloggy.2008 March 23, David Kamp, “Permalinks”, in The New York Times Book Review, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry bloggy
• The mission of 'translating' the Qur'an had preoccupied Pickthall's mind since he reverted to Islam.1997, Islamic Society of North America, Islamic horizons. From the entry revert
• Like all others preoccupied with nature as an image, he had no observation of her as a process.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 39. From the entry nature-lover
• He is preoccupied perhaps with other matters.[1914, The Pedagogical Seminary, page 514. From the entry errorous
• If he was talking to Hunter, he was wasting his time—Hunter was preoccupied shoveling forkloads of Cecily's fries onto his own plate.2014, Melissa de la Cruz, Birthday Vicious, page 30. From the entry forkload
• He was too preoccupied by too many different feelings to think rationally and realize that he was doing it again, trying to “ungay” himself.2009, J. R. Dewesse, To Be Loved: Because It Was Forbidden. From the entry ungay
• Lately, his clientele has been preoccupied with a very untrivial question: Will it be months, weeks or just days before this unlikely nerd hangout closes?2007 August 19, Saki Knafo, “Where Everybody Knows Your Name (and the Capitals of 192 Countries)”, in New York Times. From the entry untrivial
• This is something a bit different.” ¶ “Quite,” said Nick—though bonk was a troublingly casual way of referring to something which preoccupied him so much.2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 2, in The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN. From the entry bonk
• Neruda was now completely preoccupied with writing Odes to Washerwomen, to Dead Millionaires and a switchbladed bit of verse called The United Fruit Company.1983, Pacita Guevara-Fernandez, Keeping the Flame Alive: Essays in the Humanities. From the entry switchbladed
• He sat quite still, listening intently, sometimes spluttering with laughter when I made a specially odd face, sometimes receiving me in preoccupied silence.1959, Anthony Glyn, chapter 8, in I Can Take It All, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Company, published 1960, →LCCN, page 167. From the entry spluttery
• I'm sure my upbringing contributed to my attraction to her, and being a sapio she satisfied my need to talk about more than what my peers were preoccupied with.2021 June 11, u/EpiphanyCatharsis, “Younger men, what attracts you to older women?”, in Reddit, r/AskMen, archived from the original on 29…. From the entry sapio
• Zermelo had been a docent at Göttingen when Kit was there and, like Russell, had been preoccupied with the set of all sets that are not members of themselves.2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 1212. From the entry docent
• The supervisors have been turned out of office, but now that they are not preoccupied with graft they may turn their attention to footpadding or second-story work.1907, San Francisco Daily Times - Volume 16, page 7. From the entry footpadding
• She sensed he was a neural kin; there was the static, preoccupied expression, the rocking of the torso, the hiding eyes, the small body, the hair that stood in bunches.2020, Benjamin Nugent, Fraternity, page 97. From the entry cokey
• Fàbregas is having a lapse in form and Costa seems so preoccupied with alpha-male aggro it possibly distracts him from the rather more important task of beating the opposition goalkeeper.2015 March 12, Daniel Taylor, “Chelsea out of Champions League after Thiago Silva sends 10-man PSG through on away goals”, in The Guardian…. From the entry alpha male

Meaning of preoccupied

1. adjective Concerned with something else; distracted; giving one's attention elsewhere.
2. adjective Already occupied.
3. adjective Prepossessed; biased.

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How do you use preoccupied in a sentence?

Preoccupied is used as an adjective. For example: “I was preoccupied with a deadline at work, and I forgot his birthday.”

What is a short sentence with preoccupied?

“D. which is preoccupied.”

What does preoccupied mean?

Preoccupied means concerned with something else; distracted; giving one's attention elsewhere.