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I backed away slowly, feeling an automatic hello-there kind of absentminded smile climb up on my face as a disguise. From Wordnik.com. [DarklyDreamingDexter]
Iranian TV goes ga-ga over Obama - Heaps praise on Democrats while blasting 'absentminded'. From Wordnik.com. [LifeSiteNews.com Headlines] Reference
He took her hands in his in an absentminded fashion. From Wordnik.com. [Cruise To A Wedding]
The absentminded inventor perfected a parachute device. From Wordnik.com. [Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers] Reference
She's like the absentminded professor in that old movie. From Wordnik.com. [Dawn's Wicked Stepsister]
F'nor accorded Lessa a courteous if absentminded salute. From Wordnik.com. [DragonFlight]
The old soldier was placid, motionless, almost absentminded. From Wordnik.com. [Le Colonel Chabert] Reference
"The fact is I'm too nervous and absentminded for this work.". From Wordnik.com. [The Collectors] Reference
He reached down in an absentminded fashion and tickled softness. From Wordnik.com. [The Unicorn Trade]
He reached a hand down and gave its head an absentminded scratch. From Wordnik.com. [A Grave Denied]
Well, Janette says that Polonsky is an absentminded little thing. From Wordnik.com. [Freedom like a shopping cart? Nah, I hate NOFX.] Reference
He became rather absentminded company for the rest of the evening. From Wordnik.com. [Starfarers]
I was absentminded about things until they were called to my attention. From Wordnik.com. [Flash] Reference
He acted like an absentminded professor in an old black and white movie. From Wordnik.com. [Murder by Six]
“Professor Peddick tends to be absentminded,” Terence said wistfully. From Wordnik.com. [To Say Nothing of the Dog]
When his lunch came, Camus consumed it with absentminded bodily pleasure. From Wordnik.com. [Asimov's Science Fiction]
'Um ¦' In an absentminded trance he could think of nothing but his oversights. From Wordnik.com. [Second Wind]
She moved in an absentminded way, eyes down, smiling at something only she heard. From Wordnik.com. [Stalin's Ghost]
She was oddly absentminded now and then, but he always felt at his ease with her. From Wordnik.com. [The Years] Reference
He welcomed her with an absentminded smile and hug, but looked at Ayla expectantly. From Wordnik.com. [The Mammoth Hunters]
At his Feb. 9 arraignment, the doctor certainly seemed sane, if a tad absentminded. From Wordnik.com. [Sex Crimes Chief Linda Fairstein Finds New Dr. Zorro Complaints] Reference
He was more absentminded than ever, and he repeated questions she had already answered. From Wordnik.com. [The Clan of the Cave Bear]
But how will you bear an absentminded man who, if he happens to see you, will kill you?. From Wordnik.com. [The Man Who Was Thursday] Reference
Leander gave her an absentminded smile as he handed the drug chart over the office desk. From Wordnik.com. [Consultant Care]
Maybe 'absentminded' is more accurate than wandering, but I'll take the poetic promotion. ". From Wordnik.com. [Latest stories] Reference
Mazeron seemed absentminded, and replied briefly, as if he were thinking of something else. From Wordnik.com. [Maigret in Society]
Another night she announced she had found the book that his absentminded self had misplaced. From Wordnik.com. [The Kitchen God's wife]
His deep voice was almost absentminded as his gray eyes flicked back to the young man's face. From Wordnik.com. [The Silicon Mage]
She barely noticed Fenella bobbing a curtsy; she dismissed the maid with an absentminded wave. From Wordnik.com. [The Ideal Bride]
It also wasnt the absentminded look most people got when they were engrossed in their own thoughts. From Wordnik.com. [Exile's Valor]
What, for example, is with the absentminded doormen, and the tiny lobby being perpetually crowded and understaffed?. From Wordnik.com. [Head 2 Head] Reference
His valet believed him too absentminded and too immersed in his music to find the hut once he wandered far from it. From Wordnik.com. [Once An Angel]
He gave her an absentminded squeezing of the hand nearest him by way of answer without lifting his eyes from his book. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Arethusa] Reference
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