Then I ceased talking, for something in the atmosphere of the place absorbed my attention.

But this work did not succeed in absorbing all my attention.

He found that the boy absorbed all his attention.

Other targets absorbed Tennessee's attention for the next three days.

I can't think of many characters who through two and a half hours absorbed my attention so completely.

This was the object that had absorbed the Magician's attention.

These thoughts must have taken several hours and absorbed all his attention.

There was precious little else to absorb his attention.

DS9's murder epidemic had absorbed all his attention for the last shift.

Her bare shoulders alone might have absorbed his attention for many weeks.