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Meanings of engrossment in English
Usage of engrossment in English
1
There had been the engrossment of transcendent emotion in repelling the charge.
2
Both terms express the engrossment of the self in an object.
3
In a moment all the self-engrossment of her bashfulness was gone.
4
I was no less touched by Manny's engrossment in the children.
5
Absorption, engrossment, full concern with subject matter for its own sake, nurture it.
6
The following is the vote, in the SENATE, on the engrossment of the bill:-
7
But even so, it passed second reading and went to engrossment and third reading.
8
Her engrossment in her own reflection irritated him, so he did not look at her.
9
The man was indeed following him with deep engrossment.
10
But the front-door bell rang, and something in Miss Ethel's expression did then pierce her self-engrossment.
11
The shell of her old self-engrossment cracked, and the call of a wider life came to her.
12
To care only for each other is selfishness for two, only one step removed from self-centered engrossment.
13
Nature held him aloof, an atom leaving no mark upon it, an intruder on its musing self-engrossment.
14
At Eton, in his time, the engrossment with classics was such as to keep out religious instruction!
15
And thus both the necessity for engrossment, and the stupid content in the present, produce the same effects.
16
Joe's response showed his entire self-engrossment.
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Portuguese
Engrossment through the time