preoccupying

The only question, the answer to which remains mysterious and highly preoccupying is the kind of coexistence which will be established between the descendants of Mao, coming out of misery and those of Monnet having come from nationalism.

Napoleon Failed—Will We Succeed? (Towards a United States of Europe) 1967

De Guch called the situation in the eastern DRC "preoccupying" and said it showed the importance of improving and unifying

ANC Daily News Briefing 2004

Dionne labeled the Constitution an "abstraction" preoccupying the GOP.

The Constitution: Not Just for Courts Neomi Rao 2011

Finally, before the president joined them, they discussed the dilemma that would be preoccupying other Democrats on the ballot that election, who were beginning to sense there could be danger in appearing too closely associated with a president the voters might be preparing to turn out of office, but whose resources they coveted and whose appearances in their states and districts would energize volunteers and base voters.

O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011

Then, I get frozen with artist's block until I shove it all and paint what was preoccupying me in the first place.

David Galenson: "The Core of Painting Is Story": An Interview With Hilary Harkness David Galenson 2012

But while deeply, if temporarily, compelling and preoccupying, such calamities on a large scale tend to reach us at a profound emotional level -- to truly evoke our passions -- only when they wear a face.

David Katz, M.D.: Public Health: Why We Need to Humanize the System M.D. David Katz 2010

Finally, before the president joined them, they discussed the dilemma that would be preoccupying other Democrats on the ballot that election, who were beginning to sense there could be danger in appearing too closely associated with a president the voters might be preparing to turn out of office, but whose resources they coveted and whose appearances in their states and districts would energize volunteers and base voters.

O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011

The first was his extraordinary quickness of mind and talent for elucidating whatever issue was the preoccupying concern of the moment.

Inside Man 2010

Triage is necessary (the heroine of one of my late novels, The Red Queen (2004) is writing a book on "Triage in the NHS", a clear sign that the problem had been preoccupying me for some time), NICE guidelines are necessary, some new drugs are extraordinarily costly, we cannot have everything for free.

Safe in their hands? Margaret Drabble on the threat facing the NHS 2011

The first was his extraordinary quickness of mind and talent for elucidating whatever issue was the preoccupying concern of the moment.

Inside Man 2010