Sentence examples for am preoccupied from inspiring English sources
verb
To distract; to occupy or draw attention elsewhere.
- The father tried to preoccupy the child with his keys.
"But it's not something that I am preoccupied with.
For now I am preoccupied with battling traffic jams and uncooperative GPS systems.
"After negotiation, we agreed that I will just say I am preoccupied and won't be able to leave for the award," she said.
Speaking of her installation here, she makes reference to an almost insubstantial compositional ambition: "I am preoccupied with trying to find ways to float material, form and colour at eye level".
I waste a lot of time agonizing over the amount of time I waste; I am preoccupied to the point of obsession with my various failures to achieve self-optimization, with the idea that I have too little time, and I am producing too little with it.
The new Speaker insisted he was not even thinking about the possibility of his being challenged at the time of the next election, adding: "I am preoccupied with the rather important responsibility of trying to do my best to serve the House in this Parliament.
Alas, ministers are preoccupied.
All artists are preoccupied.
She's preoccupied with age.
I guessed he was preoccupied.
