“Every medieval craftsman was completely absorbed in his work, to which he was subjected to a far greater extent than the modern worker whose work is a matter of indifference to him.”

“She was all absorbed with the music. Marcia had placed herself where the light from the window fell full across her face, and every flitting expression as she followed the undulant sounds was visible.”

“If you bake it, as I do here, more of the absorbed marinade will remain in the finished dish than if you grill it.”

“Deadwood combines fascinating character studies with intelligent writing and an absorbing plot.”

“Before laying your liner, compact the soil and cover it with a layer of sand or an absorbent material such as old carpeting or newspaper.”

“Gluten causes the intestinal mucosa to lose its villous structure and absorptive capacity.”

“There is also a hydrocarbon absorptive catalyst in the catalytic converter to clean up tailpipe emissions.”

“He intuitively exploited the paper's absorptive qualities to create several ethereal white-on-white works.”

“Juicing vegetables and fruit is a delicious way to get the nutrients they contain in a liquid form that is highly absorbable.”

“There is no homeostatic control mechanism for selenium absorption and selenium is highly absorbable.”

“Chemical digestion breaks down large, nonabsorbable food molecules into smaller, absorbable molecules.”