Engrossing

Instead of interacting with each other, each of the family members turned their attention to their mobile devices, engrossing themselves in their own entertainments.

Anyone who has played chess a few times understands how it can be engrossing in the extreme.

Technological changes have made video games much more engrossing.

an engrossing documentary

The good news about “The Silence” is that it’s engrossing and that, at 83, DeLillo’s syntax is as prickly as ever.