Sentence examples for preoccupied with trying from inspiring English sources

She attended the Institut Catholique, where, according to her letters, she was preoccupied with trying to understand Leibniz.

She is preoccupied with trying to reopen Dooky Chase's, her restaurant, which was soaked in five feet of water.

At the time, Howard and his brother, Edward, were preoccupied with trying to buy the Redskins for $800 million.

Like his contemporaries in the pre-war poetry scene, he was preoccupied with trying to shake off the long Victorian hangover.

When you undergo a sudden loss, your routine is interrupted, and your mind becomes preoccupied with trying to make sense of what happened.

I didn't hate it, but I hated being preoccupied with trying to get a high note right, not getting to what I wanted to hear.

The Chinese people are left to think of Japan as preoccupied with allegedly trying to steal "their islands" but indifferent to their rights.

By citing USA Today and People, it's clear The Daily's management isn't preoccupied with only trying to appease the chattering classes in New York and Washington D.C. Indeed, The Daily has broader, national ambitions.

Chang told The Times that police exaggerate the gang's activities in the U.S. and that United Bamboo members here have been preoccupied recently with trying to ensure the safety of Chen, who was arrested in Taiwan along with 300 other gang members in a Nov. 13 government crackdown.

In recent years, U.S. arms control policies have been overly preoccupied with the tried and true process of negotiating with Russia.

I think Tudor was preoccupied with that moment, trying to build something, a story, a vehicle, something around that moment.