Meanings of constant preoccupation in English

As the days passed, hunting a large animal was a constant preoccupation.

A senior doctor at the Southern DHB says tight funding is an unwelcome constant preoccupation for staff.

The care and constant preoccupation of my life was taken away, and nothing moved me to activity.

His constant preoccupation was to strike it.

It was John's constant preoccupation.

Evil, previously known but as a dark mystery shadowing far-off regions, had become the constant preoccupation of her thoughts.

Behind all this was the constant preoccupation that she must not look, for an instant, at Uncle Mathew's death.

Loan delinquencies are under control, Bendine said, adding that credit risk management is a " constant preoccupation" for the bank.

Cengiz said she was never alerted to the threat but that her fears for her safety have been a constant preoccupation.

His constant preoccupation with the business of his life rendered him often impatient of wasting hours in mere "personal talk."

Barwood began to be affected by a nervous dread brought on by his too close study and constant preoccupation with this subject.

This obstinate research agitated him; this constant preoccupation regarding the young girl seemed to open to his soul the way to tender reveries.

The constant preoccupation with the difficulty generated as a result of not having appropriate resources narrows down thinking, focusing attention on the concern at hand.

The question of death became my constant preoccupation as I grew to think I would never see it, nor hear men speak of it, nor-

Annaud said that conservation had been one of his " constant preoccupations" as a director.

"And for years, dear Mr. Dale, this union, in spite of counter-currents and human arrangements, has been our Willoughby's constant preoccupation," said Miss Eleanor.