as in to interest
to hold the attention of
a mystery story that will engross readers all the way to the surprise ending
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Recent Examples of engross
The engrossing camerawork by cinematographer Kevin Stiller, who plunged eye-level to a battle inside a high school cafeteria, gave Dimension 20, well, dimension, according to Mulligan.
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Eric Francisco, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2025
Despite a handful of missteps, the NBC show is engrossing, and confounding and off to a promising start.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 23 Feb. 2025
Many cuts, layoffs, and an exodus of diversity leaders have engrossed the nation.
—Dan Pontefract, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
While completely different in subject and tone—one is about a missing baby, the other about an ambitious heist—the Swedish TV series Snow Angels and the South African geopolitical police procedural Leo are engrossing enough to distract from whatever’s troubling you now.
—Lisa Henricksson, airmail.news, 8 Feb. 2025
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Eric Francisco, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2025
Despite a handful of missteps, the NBC show is engrossing, and confounding and off to a promising start.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 23 Feb. 2025
Many cuts, layoffs, and an exodus of diversity leaders have engrossed the nation.
—Dan Pontefract, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
While completely different in subject and tone—one is about a missing baby, the other about an ambitious heist—the Swedish TV series Snow Angels and the South African geopolitical police procedural Leo are engrossing enough to distract from whatever’s troubling you now.
—Lisa Henricksson, airmail.news, 8 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for engross
Verb
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O’Hara simplifies vocabulary, reassigns lines and excises parts that don’t interest him, but otherwise sticks to Shakespeare’s template.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
6 June 2025
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Los Angeles doesn't have many draft picks to trade, and the team doesn't have many young players who may interest the Suns.—
Matt Levine,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 June 2025
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One day, though, Bella plans to fully immerse him in the world of pro wrestling — especially women’s wrestling.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
12 June 2025
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The godmother of folk has emerged from the diamonds and rust to bear some advice: The antidote to watching and reading too much news is immersing yourselves in the fictional Pacific Northwest.—
Devon Ivie,
Vulture,
11 June 2025
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What intrigued him most was the contradiction at the heart of his character.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
4 June 2025
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Even though the offer was undefined, Adams was intrigued.—
Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
2 June 2025
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Reddit users were fascinated by the strange-but-smart hospitality hack, with one even inspired to turn it into a trivia question.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 June 2025
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There is something magical about a firefly that fascinates young and old alike.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
11 June 2025
Verb
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Nearly the entire Republican Party, which occupied about seventy percent of congressional seats, voted for it.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 June 2025
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In a space formerly occupied by the finance ministry, a towering glass ceiling shelters statues that once cavorted in open courtyards.—
Caity Weaver,
The Atlantic,
5 June 2025
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Their pairing is awkward and tentative and involves a learning curve for both.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2025
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Wednesday’s protest followed a larger anti-ICE demonstration on Tuesday involving about 2,500 people who were protesting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids across the country in Lower Manhattan.—
Michael Dorgan , Bryan Llenas,
FOXNews.com,
12 June 2025
Verb
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Your profile could attract 200 views weekly, but if only 12 are potential clients, your strategy needs work.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
16 June 2025
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But then, too, there was the imaginative rigor of the posthumous realms Dante conjured from those lines, which had, over the centuries, attracted mathematical minds possessed of vastly more sophistication than my own.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 June 2025
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Liz busied herself in another room while Miller and the Warrens worked with Cooper.—
Tom Roland,
Billboard,
23 May 2025
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Aha! This spring, as Musk has busied himself dismantling parts of the United States government, signs of discontent with the world’s richest man have stealthily appeared across London’s public-transport network.—
Anna Russell,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Engross.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/engross. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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