Sentence examples for absorbing television from inspiring English sources

So Gelb turned to Penny Woolcock, a British filmmaker who had made a tensely absorbing television adaptation of Adams's second opera, the terrorist drama "The Death of Klinghoffer".

Not rated, 97 minutes No matter how much cable news coverage of the war in Iraq you might absorb, television is still no substitute for the movies when it comes to placing you in a particular place at a particular time as lived by particular people.

It's just as distracting and absorbing as television.

Much of what they did has been absorbed into television.

They have little interest in national affairs, but they absorb local television news in horror.

The public fixates on low-probability but vivid risks because of images we absorb from television and from politicians.

She returned when she had absorbed enough television and articles and magazines to develop an ear for using that style of speech in a way that wasn't shallow.

As a humble Midwestern boy who absorbed enough television radiation to sprout a unicorn, I saw first-hand how TV congeals an entire population into glaze-eyed humpbacks.

This is a clever, absorbing piece of television, and, thanks in part to its experienced cast, is quite unlike anything else on screen at the moment.

He spends most of his time in bed or slouched in the reclining chair in the corner of the living room, absorbing his favorite television shows like "Sanford and Son" and the news.

The survey found the average American spends an hour a day absorbing news -- whether from television, radio or newspapers -- but the amount of time varies widely with age.