absorbing
/æbˈzɔɹ.bɪŋ/ adjective C2- Engrossing, that sustains someone's interest. · an absorbing pursuit
- Allowing a process to enter it, but not to leave it.
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No doubt his blackmailing case is absorbing all his faculties.
I am not too strong, and my researches are very absorbing.
Otherwise, his head was perfectly clear, and his body refreshed; he was free from the slightest headache; on the contrary, he felt a certain degree of lightness, a faculty for absorbing the pure air, and enjoying the bright sunshine more vividly than ever.
“Amen!” responded Caderousse, waving his hand in token of adieu to Danglars, and bending his steps towards the Allées de Meilhan, moving his head to and fro, and muttering as he went, after the manner of one whose mind was overcharged with one absorbing idea.
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