lost in thought
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Lost in thought, Constant doesn't notice that he's no longer alone.
From Salon • Sep. 20, 2020
Lost in thought, I noticed the many potholes and bumps that riddled the country road and automatically pressed the brakes to slow down.
From Washington Post • May 21, 2018
Lost in thought, he fiddles with his fingers, rubbing his left hand with his right as though it were a kind of talisman.
From Time Magazine Archive
Lost in thought, Miss Love played a chorus of “Faith of Our Fathers, Living Still.”
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
Lost in thought, he did not immediately register the unnatural chill that was creeping over him, as if he were descending into fog.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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