Example Sentences

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How nervy — or maybe just absentminded — to rep the Chiefs in this Philadelphia suburb.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2023

Even when Ruck is tossed into the fray, he’s more of an absentminded buffer than anything else.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2018

Now, she is a very absentminded child who forgets things and loses things ALL THE TIME.

From Slate • May 21, 2015

If you're as absentminded as me, there is every danger of leaving it on a train or in a taxi.

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2014

He moved because of absentminded politeness, taking a Trout book with him—the one about Jesus and the time machine.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut