preoccupation

Now, Nelly is not famous for his political activism or preoccupation with African-American issues.

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates observed a preoccupation with exit over strategy.

Everyone is aware of the Asian cultural preoccupation with saving face.

This was an unprecedentedly practical attempt to hasten on the Last Days, that recurrent Protestant preoccupation.

Testing preoccupation has led to the arts, PE, history, and even sciences being downgraded—and replaced by test prep.

His secret thoughts he buried beneath a continuous mental preoccupation with the vain and the trivial.

In many passage this preoccupation with aroma appears, surrounding with a subtle cloud all persons and things.

The fate of Vakoula the Smith was Tchaikovskys chief preoccupation at this time.

I merely noticed a growing preoccupation in her manner and in her attitude towards me, which changed perceptibly.

Mrs. Garden's chief preoccupation was that the new house should have water upstairs and a cupboard at every turn.