Sentence examples for absorbed in working from inspiring English sources

And the reason for that, she pointed out, was that she was so absorbed in working for the common good.

But Dr. Crick, absorbed in working out the structure of the common protein known as collagen, was also collaborating with another researcher, Dr. Alexander Rich.

At the end when Peace was restored, the Arts sat contentedly before their music stands, writing, drawing, thinking, each absorbed in work, as the blissful music faded away.

So deadly and ineluctable is the underlying thought, that those who in the circle of light, within the besieged hall, are absorbed in work or talk and do not look to the battlements, either do not regard it or recoil.

The only thing that works for me is men like Jeff odd men completely absorbed in work I don't understand.

He becomes fully absorbed in work he enjoys and is interested in, but he has never pushed himself the way I used to.

Jordan was close to his father; as a child he had imitated his father's proclivity to stick out his tongue while absorbed in work.

"Overcommitment" measures a person's motivational pattern of coping with demands characterized by a tendency to be absorbed in work excessively.

We spend many more hours driving our kids to sports and school events than contemplating nature, and much more time absorbed in our work than working out on country roads.

The video shows Egyptians from different professions absorbed in their work — baking, farming, working in a factory and typing on computers — and ends with a brief shot revealing Mr. Morsi smiling at what looks like the desk of a president.

These pictures (part of an ARTnews series called "... Takes a Picture") set the stage for a new kind of artist portrait, in which the artist is neither aloof nor locked in a human gaze, but absorbed in the process of working.