How to Use engross in a Sentence

engross

verb
  • And the drama will so engross people that the facts fall by the wayside.
    — Alissa Wilkinson, Vox, 11 Dec. 2018
  • Duff wrote alongside a photo of Banks engrossed in her gift.
    — Taiwo Balogun, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Mom might have been engrossed in her book, but Nana was persistent.
    — Alison Fields, Longreads, 25 July 2019
  • But she was engrossed in this process and had these huge numbers of people waiting to come see her.
    — David Schenker, Foreign Affairs, 18 May 2015
  • The rest of the album is engrossing film-score flotsam.
    — Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Unlike so much of the world, China is not engrossed in soccer.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 11 Oct. 2019
  • Those who worked out at the gym this week seemed to be engrossed in a complicated moral arithmetic.
    — Lizzie Widdicombe, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2019
  • Became engrossed in brain twisters most of which were submitted by Doc.
    — Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 28 May 2018
  • More artist than man, Bowie lived his life engrossed in his own creativity.
    — Matt Miller, Esquire, 9 Jan. 2017
  • My older kids, who would have noticed, were already on the field, engrossed in the soccer game.
    — The Mighty, Redbook, 10 July 2015
  • And for the inevitable spills when we were engrossed in conversation.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 12 Oct. 2019
  • What matters, after all, is that feeling of being engrossed in a good story.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026
  • There is also the legal matters in which Moore is fully engrossed.
    — Paul Gattis | [email protected], al, 5 Mar. 2020
  • Put Your Phone Away Don't spend your weekend engrossed in your phone.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 15 Sep. 2023
  • The teamwork of Miller and Liu kept the crime drama engrossing.
    — Hal Boedeker, orlandosentinel.com, 26 July 2019
  • At each stop, Sasha sat on the ground and opened her notebook to draw, engrossed and uncomplaining.
    — New York Times, 20 Feb. 2018
  • The motion of the lions and the birds emphasizes the stillness of the figure engrossed in a book.
    — Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker, 3 July 2023
  • Spectators gathered around the screens, engrossed by the action.
    — Dev Hardikar, Anchorage Daily News, 30 July 2023
  • The writing is very direct but still managed to capture my emotions and keep me engrossed in the story.
    — The Editors, Outside Online, 31 May 2018
  • Mullins, who is engrossed in a 5-for-52 slump, drove in Santander on a weak groundout.
    — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 11 May 2024
  • Houstonians were engrossed in the sound of music at a handful of events this past weekend.
    — John-Henry Perera, Houston Chronicle, 12 Aug. 2019
  • And that unsettles and engrosses us.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2026
  • As stage lights streamed through the foggy air, fans could see the passion of the band, as the musicians engrossed themselves in each song.
    — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 June 2019
  • The sad but realistic turns in their lives are engrossing, as is their slow convergence.
    — Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Despite the long run-time, I was completely engrossed throughout.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
  • The average worker will spend six hours engrossed in the games throughout the tournament.
    — Christina Austin, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2018
  • The viewer is engrossed throughout, trying to fit the pieces of this puzzle together.
    — N.e.g., The Economist, 7 Oct. 2019
  • Email, instant messaging, phone calls, and texts, are just a few ways to interrupt someone engrossed in a task.
    — Lieke Ten Brummelhuis, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
  • From the get-go, Kourtney spent much of the trip to Santa Barbara engrossed in her phone.
    — Aurelie Corinthios, PEOPLE.com, 23 Oct. 2017
  • Yorke’s wife, Dajana, was curled up next to him, engrossed in a Murakami novel.
    — Zoe Si, New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2025

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