Sentence examples for an expression of preoccupation from inspiring English sources

Her face wears that look so characteristic of the elderly, an expression of preoccupation with inalterable things.

He looked at me and I looked back at him and an expression of puzzlement, of preoccupation came over his face and I was wondering what he was thinking about, what you think about at that moment, when the vet said: "That's it now".

as an expression of the defining modern preoccupation with machines that blur the boundary between the human and the mechanical.

The Surrealists' enthusiasm for the photographs of Eug? Atget (1857-1927) -- who was not himself a Surrealist -- was another expression of their preoccupation with time.

Originally shocking in its flouting of theatrical convention while popular for its apt expression of the preoccupations of the mid-20th century, the Theatre of the Absurd declined somewhat by the mid-1960s; sofe of its innovations had been absorbed into the mainstream of theatre even while serving to inspire further experiments.

But there was a touch of melancholy, a hint of preoccupation, about his mood.

Alex de Betak's holiday home in Majorca is an extraordinary expression of a father's ability to integrate his professional and aesthetic preoccupations into a child-centric family pad.

This does not reflect a lack of preoccupation but the fact that it isn't an easy problem to solve.

That surely is a result of preoccupation with structure.

"This possibility is obviously a cause of preoccupation for Israel.

American politics is returning to a long-forgotten state of preoccupation with banking.