absorbing
adjective
ab·sorb·ing
əb-ˈsȯr-biŋ 
-ˈzȯr-
: fully taking one's attention : engrossing
an absorbing novel
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shell collecting can be so absorbing that you don't notice the tide coming in
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The front man Ben Schneider has followed meticulous world-building impulses, drawing more listeners with each album by nurturing an absorbing, cinematic sound.
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Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 25 July 2025
But walking sims ushered in a new wave of titles that saw the player moving through an environment, simply observing and absorbing.
—Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 9 July 2025
In this delightfully absorbing novel, an isolated house in the middle of a menacing desert landscape serves as the backdrop of a reality-TV competition.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
Borrowing from a range of familiar sources, most notably the work of Octavia Butler, Thorne crafts a tense and absorbing story about the Freeman family’s attempt to survive in a world ravaged by disease, famine and a brutal civil war.
—Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 3 July 2025
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Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 25 July 2025
But walking sims ushered in a new wave of titles that saw the player moving through an environment, simply observing and absorbing.
—Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 9 July 2025
In this delightfully absorbing novel, an isolated house in the middle of a menacing desert landscape serves as the backdrop of a reality-TV competition.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
Borrowing from a range of familiar sources, most notably the work of Octavia Butler, Thorne crafts a tense and absorbing story about the Freeman family’s attempt to survive in a world ravaged by disease, famine and a brutal civil war.
—Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 3 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for absorbing
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“Absorbing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/absorbing. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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