Sentence examples for preoccupation with one from inspiring English sources
This goes some way to explaining the preoccupation with one device after another: iPhone, Kindle, iPad... Full report on GigaOm Pro.
The widespread emphasis on outputs of marine conservation efforts is illustrated in the ongoing preoccupation with one of the internationally endorsed Aichi targets (Target 11, 10% of marine and coastal areas under protection).
Monomania is defined as an excessive preoccupation with one thing or idea.
The dwindling ethane component of North Sea oil, a strident union's preoccupation with one of Scotland's last final-salary pension schemes and global energy markets all played their role.
As the DSM-IV (the Holy Qu'ran of mental disorders) states, folks with AS demonstrate an "encompassing preoccupation with one or more stereotyped and restricted patterns of interest that is abnormal in either intensity or focus".
During travels to Europe, especially Paris, Rockwell studied modern art and frequented the cafés in Montmartre, absorbing the bohemian scene and its preoccupation with one style over another, now cubism, now color.
In some cases mobile-phone assessment led to a preoccupation with ones thoughts, and comparisons between the individual's real, desired and past mental states.
A qualitative study of mobile-phone based clinical assessment for psychosis recently published in this journal found that whilst the use of mobile and smart phones were "well integrated" into users' everyday activities, "In some cases mobile-phone assessment led to a preoccupation with ones thoughts, and comparisons between the individual's real, desired and past mental states".
On the other: stones, short supplies, feuds, the violence of revenge, rampant illness, an acceptance of death and an on-going preoccupation with surviving one more night - or perhaps one more week - together.
"Pathological attachment rooted in relational trauma can manifest as obsessive preoccupation with someone one dated briefly," says Sheri Heller, a licensed clinical social worker in New York City.
If they haven't forgotten Fallon by the time they overcome a preoccupation with whores, which one supposes is, for them, a kind of narcissism.
