Sentence examples for especially preoccupied by from inspiring English sources

Gödel was especially preoccupied by the nature of time, which, he told a friend, was the philosophical question.

Darwin was not especially preoccupied by the problems that move some Darwinians today: he readily saw through the puzzle of ostensibly intelligent design.

Mothers seem particularly preoccupied by their babies' weight and appearance, being worried that the baby may be too fat, especially when the baby is a girl [ 20, 21].

Ms. Riseborough is a strong enough presence that she could hold your attention for an entire movie, and her absences are keenly felt, especially when Madonna becomes preoccupied by Wally's relationship with a sensitive security guard with puppy eyes, Evgeni Oscar Isaacc).

And it's especially disconcerting to think that while so many were preoccupied by Clinton's "distinguishing characteristic," Osama bin Laden was most likely preoccupied with attacking the United States.

Ever since that afternoon, I've been preoccupied by what writers have to say about drinking, especially those who have been drinkers themselves.

And whereas it has become standard (especially at American Ballet Theater) to play Bathilde as a self-obsessed snob preoccupied by her class, here her compassion is a more important ingredient.

Professionals appeared more preoccupied by their lack of control in achieving indicator targets, especially if dependent upon patient cooperation: 'I can see why the alcohol and obesity were thought of as important, I get the clinical reason but I'm not sure that it worked in the real world.

Zhang's life coincided with the transition of China from the Qing dynasty to the modern era, a period in which major Chinese intellectuals were preoccupied by questions of the relative merits of indigenous philosophical and scientific traditions as compared to foreign knowledge, especially of science and medicine.

"You seem preoccupied by this soirée".

Philosophers have long been preoccupied by gesture.