How do you use Preoccupy in a sentence? See 6 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like control or command, plus the exact meaning.
Preoccupy meaning
- To distract; to draw attention elsewhere.
- To worry or concern (someone) so as to distract them.
- To occupy or take possession of beforehand.
Using Preoccupy
- The main meaning on this page is: To distract; to draw attention elsewhere. | To worry or concern (someone) so as to distract them. | To occupy or take possession of beforehand.
- Useful related words include: control, command, assume, usurp.
- In the example corpus, preoccupy often appears in combinations such as: to preoccupy, preoccupy the.
Context around Preoccupy
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 3 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Preoccupy
- In this selection, "preoccupy" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, none, ways, historians and themselves stand out and add context to how "preoccupy" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include arguments that preoccupy the british and but none preoccupy dr bajwa. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "preoccupy" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with preoccupy
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
And yet many of the arguments that preoccupy the British are haunted by the spectre of manufacturing. (17 words)
With so much to preoccupy us, we must also not forget the simultaneous environmental crisis of global heating. (18 words)
The contested legacy of the late Daniel arap Moi, Kenya's former president, will preoccupy historians and other scholars for years to come. (23 words)
But none preoccupy Dr. Bajwa, 64, as much as the most common species, Culex pipiens, the northern house mosquito — the biggest source of West Nile infection in New York. (29 words)
This situation, which seems to preoccupy the attention of the Federal Government at the expense of other issues in the socio-political and economic spectra, appears increasingly problematic. (28 words)
They may stick to inflexible routines, move in stereotyped and repetitive ways, preoccupy themselves with parts of objects or compulsive behaviors like lining thing up in patterns. (27 words)
Example sentences (6)
But none preoccupy Dr. Bajwa, 64, as much as the most common species, Culex pipiens, the northern house mosquito — the biggest source of West Nile infection in New York.
The contested legacy of the late Daniel arap Moi, Kenya's former president, will preoccupy historians and other scholars for years to come.
With so much to preoccupy us, we must also not forget the simultaneous environmental crisis of global heating.
And yet many of the arguments that preoccupy the British are haunted by the spectre of manufacturing.
This situation, which seems to preoccupy the attention of the Federal Government at the expense of other issues in the socio-political and economic spectra, appears increasingly problematic.
They may stick to inflexible routines, move in stereotyped and repetitive ways, preoccupy themselves with parts of objects or compulsive behaviors like lining thing up in patterns.
Common combinations with preoccupy
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to preoccupy 2×
- preoccupy the 2×