(1) The result is big enough to be absorbing , but small enough to be manageable.(2) What lent interest and made it absorbing was the competitive edge between the two parties, and the skill they displayed.(3) It should be a most interesting and absorbing match.(4) Particularly absorbing is the account of Mario's battles with back injuries and cancer, and the lessons to be learned from them.(5) This is an absorbing and often intense novel, which can be appreciated both by those with little knowledge of James, and by James experts who should relish the allusions to his fiction.(6) Deadwood combines fascinating character studies with intelligent writing and an absorbing plot.(7) A controversial penalty try in the seventh minute of injury time at the end of this absorbing match dealt a hammer blow to the hopes of champions Boroughmuir.(8) It's really fascinating, and I feel it's what turns a blog from a series of chats into an absorbing internal narrative, or conversation.(9) Another issue of absorbing interest, and still greater complexity, is that of how a composition comes into being, from conception to completion.(10) I also have an absorbing new interest, one that Zou00eb would have shared.(11) Robert Ross has written an absorbing and interesting book that should stimulate more research on culture and representation in South African history.(12) Reidy was relieved at finally recording a win over his tormentors, but less than happy with the seven kicks at goal his team missed over an absorbing seven-try thriller.(13) Combine them with a dark, gripping story, rich characterisation, superb direction from Eastwood and you have a powerful, absorbing thriller.(14) The most obvious reason, I imagine, is that the more we learn of our distant relatives, the more we learn about ourselves - a subject that is, naturally, of absorbing interest.(15) Who entertained whom and what the food and conversation were like were matters of absorbing interest.(16) She writes an absorbing character study mixed with equally absorbing science writing, delivering a powerful and moving science book.
