It may thus be defined as "something mechanical in something living," "a kind of absentmindedness on the part of life.". From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Abnormal Psychology] Reference
Severe absentmindedness and intrusive fearful memories. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 23, 2006] Reference
He had the same fits of absentmindedness which characterized him as. From Wordnik.com. [The Rowley Poems] Reference
It is, perhaps, the sort of absentmindedness that comes with genius. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-09-01] Reference
In America, absentmindedness for a prideful past affects our present. From Wordnik.com. [Black History Month; The Subject that Segregates] Reference
He had leaned back, and I detected traces of incipient absentmindedness. From Wordnik.com. [The Riddle of the Sands]
Retailers enjoy the cash float while recipients rue their absentmindedness. From Wordnik.com. [Taming the Spread] Reference
It was said of the British Empire that it was born in a fit of absentmindedness. From Wordnik.com. [Israelis & Palestinians: What Went Wrong?] Reference
He is remembered by the professors he sat under chiefly for his absentmindedness. From Wordnik.com. [Goliah] Reference
Mismatched earrings - also check, not on purpose but because of my own absentmindedness. From Wordnik.com. [Me-Me & a Divine Flower] Reference
I'm not sure that it has recovered which is what I blame my absentmindedness upon these days!. From Wordnik.com. [R&R - A Double Edged Sword - SpouseBUZZ] Reference
Sarah folded with the grace of absentmindedness, smoothing the fabric and creases with surety. From Wordnik.com. [The Appointment] Reference
I could not get a thing out of him, he stubbornly withheld the reason for his absentmindedness. From Wordnik.com. [Spaceship of Ancestors]
Having said that, he feigned absentmindedness and wandered into the back room, smiling from ear to ear. From Wordnik.com. [The Shadow of the Wind]
He personally feared his absentmindedness, the brown studies he would fall into during an investigation. From Wordnik.com. [Maigret Bides His Time]
He crammed his cap back again into his pocket and re-entered the office, assuming an air of absentmindedness. From Wordnik.com. [Dubliners] Reference
A damaged hippocampus leads to other problems, too -- severe absentmindedness and intrusive, fearful memories. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 23, 2005] Reference
Seriously, though, the last few days have been fairly hectic, and that has contributed to my absentmindedness. From Wordnik.com. [bluemeany Diary Entry] Reference
“Where are we going?” the cousins asked at the same time, quickly forgiving Nancy for her absentmindedness. From Wordnik.com. [Cat Burglar Caper] Reference
This latter is, of course, a possibility, although it would require an unusually high level of absentmindedness. From Wordnik.com. [Warranted Christian Belief] Reference
Falling asleep in his uniform, normally a symptom of his absentmindedness or fatigue, all at once seemed prescient. From Wordnik.com. [Reap the Whirlwind] Reference
Dora did not play badly, but an absentmindedness which was commonly observable in her had its effect upon the music. From Wordnik.com. [New Grub Street] Reference
Baladitya, I noted, kept up his share of the housework despite tendencies toward absentmindedness and single-mindedness. From Wordnik.com. [Soldiers Live]
I mean, I'm a forgetful person, sure, and I'd be willing to blame my absentmindedness if it only happened once in a while. From Wordnik.com. [idiot-milk Diary Entry] Reference
Mortimer did not apparently notice his absentmindedness. From Wordnik.com. [Okewood of the Secret Service] Reference
This absentmindedness in events, however, is exceptional. From Wordnik.com. [Laughter : an Essay on the Meaning of the Comic] Reference
Now, the effect of absentmindedness may gather strength in its turn. From Wordnik.com. [Laughter : an Essay on the Meaning of the Comic] Reference
I see that in a fit of absentmindedness I have strayed into the pulpit. From Wordnik.com. [Mental Efficiency And Other Hints to Men and Women] Reference
His restlessness and absentmindedness could not escape the observation of. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner] Reference
Foster slouched into his seat with his customary air of absentmindedness. From Wordnik.com. [The Cathedral] Reference
Mention has been made already of Mark Twain's tendency to absentmindedness. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 4 (1886-1900)] Reference
Even now we laugh at absentmindedness when presented to us as a simple fact. From Wordnik.com. [Laughter : an Essay on the Meaning of the Comic] Reference
It is the part of laughter to reprove his absentmindedness and wake him out of his dream. From Wordnik.com. [Laughter : an Essay on the Meaning of the Comic] Reference
Cartwright's appointment, it may have simply been a matter of what he called absentmindedness. From Wordnik.com. [The Daily Collegian Online - News] Reference
There are many amusing anecdotes told of his absentmindedness about everything not connected with his art. From Wordnik.com. [A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture] Reference
Jeekie rolled his black eyes round the room and in a fit of absentmindedness helped himself to some more whisky. From Wordnik.com. [A Yellow God: an Idol of Africa] Reference
From time to time, however, in a fit of absentmindedness, nature raises up souls that are more detached from life. From Wordnik.com. [Laughter : an Essay on the Meaning of the Comic] Reference
For after all there is an amount of innocence and absentmindedness in matters of daily human life, which is not only. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Elsmere] Reference
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