Upon hearing the news, he was too distrait to continue playing his tuba. From LearnThat.org.
For the first day she was distrait and preoccupied. From Wordnik.com. [The Cryptogram A Novel] Reference
"I stand corrected," the girl muttered in a distrait retort. From Wordnik.com. [Journey Into Love]
But he was very distrait afterwards and went off to his study. From Wordnik.com. [On Forsyte 'Change] Reference
As he was distrait and wanted to talk to somebody, he sent for. From Wordnik.com. [The Lair of the White Worm] Reference
Un homme qui était souvent distrait écrivit la lettre suivante. From Wordnik.com. [French Conversation and Composition] Reference
He started down the first great incline, distrait, sorely troubled. From Wordnik.com. [Terry A Tale of the Hill People] Reference
Never has the British electorate seemed so disengaged and distrait. From Wordnik.com. [A Debate About Nothing] Reference
But he was quiet and distrait, and directly after dinner he went out again. From Wordnik.com. [Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888] Reference
He appeared distrait and sullen, evidently "digesting the venom of his spleen.". From Wordnik.com. [The Authentic Life of Billy The Kid]
Stapleton was talking with animation, but the Baronet looked pale and distrait. From Wordnik.com. [The Seriously Deranged Writer and the Model Cars] Reference
She settled for a strawberry ice-cream and wondered why Max seemed suddenly distrait. From Wordnik.com. [The Fifth Rapunzel]
He understood what he was to do all right, but for the rest he was distrait and moody. From Wordnik.com. [Marazan]
"Washy, washy," he repeated, mechanically, as his mind was utterly vague and distrait. From Wordnik.com. [The Dodge Club or, Italy in MDCCCLIX] Reference
And in this case, we are getting all kinds of information in a very distrait (ph) way. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 18, 2002] Reference
Though haggard and distrait, Cooke was still every inch the buckra, or Jamaican planter. From Wordnik.com. [My travels: Ian Thomson in Jamaica] Reference
And again that neglected and thin spinster and her equally thin and distrait looking mother. From Wordnik.com. [An American Tragedy] Reference
Abbot Heribert lifted a distrait hand in blessing, and led the way out of the chapter-house. From Wordnik.com. [Monk's Hood]
But that evening was streaked with a tinge of horror, and I more silent and distrait than usual. From Wordnik.com. [Wylder's Hand] Reference
Holmes was curiously distrait, and we walked up and down the garden path for some time in silence. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez.] Reference
And he looked at her curiously, for of all the family she alone seemed distrait and unenthusiastic. From Wordnik.com. [Prudence Says So] Reference
He had painfully written out a first draft, and he intoned it now like a poet delicate and distrait. From Wordnik.com. [Babbit] Reference
Zillah was busied with her own thoughts, and Mrs. Hart was preoccupied, and more distrait than usual. From Wordnik.com. [The Cryptogram A Novel] Reference
He looked very distrait and gloomy — the marked prison pallor having long since settled on his face. From Wordnik.com. [An American Tragedy] Reference
And African Americans who live in Georgia fortunately aren't as distrait and short-tempered as many of us. From Wordnik.com. [Pia Sawhney: In Georgia, Expect Record Numbers of Black Voters and Serious Tally Troubles] Reference
Or, if not — well, then — anyhow (seeing how worn and distrait she was at this time) she need not worry. From Wordnik.com. [An American Tragedy] Reference
He paused for a moment, a little puzzled at having before him a Maigret who remained impassive and apparently distrait. From Wordnik.com. [Maigret has Scruples]
Your second inconvenience is, that “the distinction between words of different meaning and similar sound would be distrait.”. From Wordnik.com. [Yasukuni: Why the Emperor Stopped Going] Reference
Thorpe was there, but dull, moody, distrait, and he joined me and poured into my ears his disgust at this form of entertainment. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878] Reference
Signora Faranada was a pretty thing, understandably distrait but the most attractive manageress I'd yet seen in the whole Vatican. From Wordnik.com. [The Vatican Rip]
But Aunt Elizabeth, apparently distrait, had the situation well in hand. From Wordnik.com. [Love Among the Chickens] Reference
Didn't you see, mother, that he was distrait the moment he espied that girl?. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner] Reference
So lost in thought as to be unaware of one's surroundings: absent-minded, abstracted, distrait, faraway, inattentive, preoccupied. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
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