engrossing
adjective
en·gross·ing
in-ˈgrō-siŋ 
en-
: taking up the attention completely : absorbing
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Examples of engrossing in a Sentence
an engrossing lecture on Native American culture before the arrival of Europeans
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One of the most intelligent, interesting & engrossing film actors of all time.
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Selena Kuznikov, Variety, 20 June 2024
Virgo August 23 – September 22 Exploring intellectual frontiers could now be engrossing.
—Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 21 May 2024
This engrossing and disquieting memoir threads together the disruptions caused by the experimental socialism imposed on Venezuela by Hugo Chávez, who ruled the country from 1999 until his death in 2013, and the interminable tribulations of the author’s disintegrating Venezuelan family.
—Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
Throughout his narrative, his engrossing mixture of closeup witness and broad-view sociology calls to mind the late Howard S. Becker’s insistence that the best sociology is always, in the first instance, wide-angle reporting.
—The New Yorker, 12 June 2024
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Selena Kuznikov, Variety, 20 June 2024
Virgo August 23 – September 22 Exploring intellectual frontiers could now be engrossing.
—Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 21 May 2024
This engrossing and disquieting memoir threads together the disruptions caused by the experimental socialism imposed on Venezuela by Hugo Chávez, who ruled the country from 1999 until his death in 2013, and the interminable tribulations of the author’s disintegrating Venezuelan family.
—Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
Throughout his narrative, his engrossing mixture of closeup witness and broad-view sociology calls to mind the late Howard S. Becker’s insistence that the best sociology is always, in the first instance, wide-angle reporting.
—The New Yorker, 12 June 2024
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“Engrossing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/engrossing. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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