haunted
obsessed *
preoccupied
taken up

We met at a party and took up with each other for a while.

She turned to the others at the table to take up her cause.

So I'm not going to take up your time tonight.

We don't want our time to be taken up with these issues.

I don't want to take up too much of your time.

And they took up about 15 or 20 minutes of my act.

I've got a matter I want to take up with you.

But she now takes up music rather late in her education.

And here were people ready to take up where his mother left off.

In fact, just us will take up all the room.