preoccupation造句

His great preoccupation was the gathering and recording of facts to prove this theory.

Our current preoccupation with zombies and vampires is easy to explain.

It was at the most intense point of this preoccupation that Enjolras accosted him.

Fear of crime is a British preoccupation, even if economic worries have recently overtaken it.

Jondrette had allowed his pipe to go out, a serious sign of preoccupation, and had again seated himself.

In fact, often times our attachment and preoccupation with material wealth is a primary barrier to experiencing happiness.

How Australia's region will respond to its apparent preoccupation with China as a possible future adversary is another.

Those who suffer from the condition feel some form of anxiety, sadness and nervousness, and most distinctly, obsessive preoccupation with thoughts of home, Thurber said.

The record leaves no doubt that Chile was not a major preoccupation of the American government after Allende was installed as president.

Up this road from the precincts of the city two persons were walking rapidly, as if unconscious of the trying ascent - unconscious through preoccupation and not through buoyancy.

Our sovereignty over the islands in the South China Sea is based on discovery, preoccupation as well as long-term, sustained and effective management.

His chief preoccupation seems to be to avoid shaking the conservative French consensus, and even that unambitious objective has been missed.

But from now onwards the partners' preoccupation will be to seduce as broad a swathe of the electorate as they can, which means reaching out to the middle as well as cultivating their bases.

Those titles that Eikhenbaum keeps talking about -how Don Quixote was Made, how Gogol's Overcoat was Made - reflect the preoccupation of the Russian formalists with how literature is put together.

Here, escape is not a preoccupation with the past, but a determined focus on the present and the future that is blind to the legacy of the past which brands us and with which we must live.

While this question was being discussed neither of the pair noticed, in their preoccupation, that little Abraham had crept into the room, and was awaiting an opportunity of asking them to return.

Perhaps as a result of his preoccupation with biological studies, Aristotle was impressed by the idea that both animate and inanimate behaviour is directed toward some final purpose (‘telos’) or goal.