Sentence examples similar to outward preoccupation from inspiring English sources
He opposed the narrow-mindedness of the religious leaders and their preoccupation with outward forms of worship instead of with the transcendent God.
Stuart, who grew up in Concord and returned there to raise her kids, explains her home town's preoccupation with outward appearances and deep-seated domestic anxieties; she investigates the private lives of Concord's literary giants, Thoreau, Emerson, and Alcott; and she tells of her own family dynamics and her lifelong efforts to alternately seek and reject her parents' approval.
Sara identified with Venus's preoccupation with outward perfection.
There is a lost land I visit, between my outward life and my inward preoccupations.
This forces you to turn your mind outward, and give up the preoccupations and obsessions of your own life.
Two days later, I knew I had to see him again, if only to ask why he had elected to violate my delicate sensibilities with these outward and visible manifestations of his disgusting preoccupations.
Their guilt of their own consumerism and self preoccupation that Christopher Lasch documented decades ago, turns now outward in a religious fervor at any passing target in a very unattractive demonstration of deep self dissatisfaction.
Inward focusing (daydreams, preoccupations) is associated with a lower level of performance whether outward focusing, together with inward monitoring, seems to partly protect runners from "hitting the wall".
Another big, new preoccupation?
