Sentence examples for consumed by problems from inspiring English sources
The stereotypical project manager is consumed by problems of feature creep and budget allocation, the engineer speaks softly but carries a much bigger stick.
Others described National Security Adviser Susan Rice as being too consumed by problems in other parts in the world--including a pending nuclear deal with Iran, Israeli-Palestinian relations, the U.S. effort to combat the Islamic State militant group, and the security situation in Ukraine--to focus on China.
Our lives are consumed by problems much closer to home: keeping our jobs, paying the bills, raising our children.
Benzodiazepines increase cravings for alcohol and the volume of alcohol consumed by problem drinkers.
Her time, she said, will be consumed by the problems in her neighborhood, where houses have no running water and routinely flood during rainstorms.
For months, the F.B.I. had been consumed by internal problems of its own, including the arrest of an agent, Robert P. Hanssen, on espionage charges, the disappearance of documents in the Oklahoma City bombing case and the fallout over the Wen Ho Lee spy case.
Consumed by the problems of the American economy and its efforts to hold off deep budget-cutting proposals from Republicans in the United States, the Obama administration has hardly been in a position in recent years to lecture other nations on good policy.
When you're feeling consumed by a problem, Tolle recommends we ask ourselves this question.
IN HARD times governments are consumed by short-term problems.
As they roll down the highway, many long-haul passengers are impervious to security concerns, perhaps because they are consumed by more personal problems.
Lawrence H. Summers, the Deputy Treasury Secretary, who has spent his days and nights consumed by Asia's problems, notes that "unlike the military sphere, in the financial sphere there are thousands of market participants processing and analyzing information, assessing risk". He adds that "that assessment is reflected in prices" as nations and companies seek to raise money in global markets.
