Sentence examples for preoccupied on from inspiring English sources

At times, this switch, when done cleverly, can surprise the other team, who is preoccupied on one side, and results in a chance for a goal or a cross.

We have seen similar groups at restaurants, sitting together but each preoccupied on cellphones or iPods, barely speaking a word.

"The governor came in too, but he was preoccupied on his phone," the store's owner, Greg Peacock, said.

Mr. Temirkanov seemed preoccupied, on the other hand, with the music's bigness and moments of public display.

Her characters are largely preoccupied, on the surface at least, with five things: sex, running, God, illness and infidelity, not necessarily in that order.

Many hide their needs from their parents, to protect them from worry, while parents may be preoccupied on a daily basis with simply getting by.

The agency thrived from the start, and Kirshenbaum was too preoccupied to focus much on collecting.

The simple plot turns on the fact that the hungry Alec wants a carrot and the conjuror is too preoccupied with putting on his act at an enormous theatre to feed him.

She seemed preoccupied, concentrating on storing up memories, remembering by doing.

And even if the marriage survives, children may lack adequate parental attention when one parent is preoccupied with sex on the computer and the other is preoccupied with the cybersex addict.

Through no fault of the conductor and soloist, who were both facing away and rightly preoccupied, the band played on in eerie counterpoint as a doctor and others attended to the woman for two of the three movements.