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Meanings of absent-mindedness in English
Russian
рассеянность внимания Spanish
mente ausente Usage of absent-mindedness in English
1
They reached the end of the footway, and paused in sheer absent-mindedness.
2
I suppose Jules is in love and we must excuse his absent-mindedness.
3
Now absent-mindedness is just a bit too awful in a bad man.
4
They related to a certain absent-mindedness which he was supposed to possess.
5
But Sybil only smiled at the absent-mindedness of the young man's remark.
6
There may be a trace of absent-mindedness to watch out for too!
7
By no means was Mark Twain's absent-mindedness a development of old age.
8
However, more than being just an annoyance, absent-mindedness can present genuine safety hazards.
9
She has all the symptoms: abstraction, absent-mindedness, personal calls from unknown men .
10
Dempsey pondered, and his absent-mindedness was noticed, and occasioned comment among the clerks.
11
Neither of the ladies spoke much, however, and his absent-mindedness passed almost unnoticed.
12
I have a reputation for absent-mindedness that will carry you anywhere.
13
When his absent-mindedness was commented upon he would gently excuse himself.
14
Bertha twitted Frank upon his absent-mindedness one evening as he dined with her.
15
She would make further inquiry, concerning Judith's absent-mindedness, of Dorothy Martin.
16
Far from betraying the absent-mindedness of a lover, you polished epigrams!
About this term
Absent-mindedness through the time