Sentence examples for preoccupation a from inspiring English sources
For a long time, fitting has been a preoccupation, a theme in Ms. Dickerson's life.
Education was such a preoccupation, a friend says, that his original plan was to "open a cut-price private school, with top-notch teaching but few frills".
Is this new, nostalgic preoccupation a kind of backlash, I wonder, against the unrelenting edginess and modernity of the Roxy days.
Mr. Bush and Ms. Rice described their goal as "a balance of power that favors human freedom" -- a careful hedge blending the Kissingerian preoccupation, a balance of power and the Reaganite quest for human freedom.
Second, Day's description of her time at Ms. in "Ghost Waltz," though the magazine isn't mentioned by name, is ambivalent at best, and ties in with the memoir's other primary preoccupation: a relentless examination of her own anti-Semitism.
Along the way, Leonard explained the origin of his water preoccupation: a radio interview he heard with – who else? – Martin Riese: "It just got me hooked; that was it".
The inspiration for "How Much Is Enough?" is — unsurprisingly, given the father's preoccupation — an essay by Keynes.
Still life is such a preoccupation - a contemporary example of this is Damien Hirst's work, I think.
Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is a psychiatric disorder characterized by a preoccupation with an imagined or slight defect.
Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is a psychiatric disorder characterized by a preoccupation with an imagined or slight defect which causes significant distress or impairment in functioning.
For most of history, tattooing has been a male preoccupation, either a one-fingered salute or an exercise in swagger.
