Meanings of absorbed the news in English

It was like the world stood still as I absorbed the news.

Massoud was dead, but his inner circle had barely absorbed the news.

Geary rubbed his head with both hands as he absorbed the news.

I told Nick about Brigitte's death, and he absorbed the news in silence.

Ho absorbed the news with his typical stone-faced calm.

Juliana twisted her fingers as she absorbed the news.

My mother held my hand as we sat side by side, and I absorbed the news.

The emir absorbed the news.

Chief absorbed the news.

Hollis absorbed the news.

A woman rocked back and forth as she absorbed the news that her sister's family of 10 had all been killed.

On Friday, the country's 52 million people absorbed the news that the statesman, a global symbol of reconciliation and peaceful co-existence, had departed forever.

The shares fell to €5.81 in Dublin and £4.00 sterling in London as the market absorbed the news.