Sentence examples for that engrosses from inspiring English sources

Du Bois and Booker T. Washington but consider today's struggle over the same issues ¿ a struggle that engrosses both highly industrialized and developing societies.

The Life magazine story that engrosses Malcolm, for example, was typical of the derisive coverage of the Black Muslims in the mainstream press: "The White Devil's Day Is Almost Over: Black Muslim's Cry Grows Louder," screams its headline.

It is her habit to think with a fist on her chin, and the puzzle that engrosses her is how to live a life less indigent and criminal than the one in which she was raised.

The chair of judges, Geordie Greig, described it as "a morality tale that engrosses with its vivid rendition of pre-revolutionary France", as well as praising its "extraordinary scenes of corpses and cemeteries and sex".

What are these modern upper-class Mexicans seeking, I thought (along with spiritual connection, of course), in embracing these indigenous traditions (which are not theirs) but "flow": some activity that engrosses them, makes life meaningful, and asks them to be "attentive" -- as apparently nothing else had fit the bill?

The interior life of a weight lifter is just one element of intrigue at this surprisingly engrossing event, which, initially at least, does not sound all that engrossing.

Bill Smith of Latest TV, Brighton's new channel, hopes viewers will want to contribute films on topics that engross them.

Its backdrop may sound familiar – an American city riven by gang violence – but its secret is the way James, best-known for 1994's monumental Hoop Dreams, draws us ever closer into stories that engross and surprise the more time we spend with them.

'I'm like, "I can't believe she just wrote that".'" AP also quotes Vintage Books publisher Anne Messitte (attributed incorrectly as publisher of Viking Books): "I think at the heart of it, these are wonderful, modern stories that engross the reader... they're page-turners".

And most of these pictures came to deepen my love of a dance repertory that already engrosses me.

It's also a show that totally engrosses New York-based artist Rashid Johnson.