But Mona’s eyes were bright and her cheeks were flushed as he stood very still for a few moments in the doorway, though her back was toward him, and she seemed to be absorbed in a number of purposeless little details at the kitchen table.
James Oliver Curwood, A Gentleman of Courage
For two hours the strange business in which we had been involved appeared to be forgotten, and he was entirely absorbed in the pictures of the modern Belgian masters.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
Our friend, Sir Henry, and the lady had halted on the path and were standing deeply absorbed in their conversation, when I was suddenly aware that I was not the only witness of their interview.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
Whatever is said, the same monotonous noise replies, and quivers up and down the walls until it is absorbed into the roof.
E. M. Forster, A Passage to India
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Merriam-Webster
— having one’s attention wholly engaged or occupied
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Macmillan
— so interested or involved in something that you do not notice anything else
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Other Word Forms
absorb
absorbing
absorbs
Usage
1 use of ‘absorbed’ in A Gentleman of Courage, by James Oliver Curwood
1 use of ‘absorbed’ in A Passage to India, by E. M. Forster
2 uses of ‘absorbed’ in The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle