distraite
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of distraite
1840–50; < French, feminine of distrait distrait
Example Sentences
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Her very silences are eloquent, and yet she is never distraite but always cheerful and frequently the brightest of the company.
From The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life by Green, Anna Katharine
Was Val to believe that under that charming exterior he was burning with the dull rage that kept her silent and distraite?
From The Open Question a tale of two temperaments by Robins, Elizabeth
All day long she has struggled bravely against it; but, now that the enforced necessity for liveliness is at an end, she grows dreamy, distraite, and feels an intense longing for solitude and air.
From Rossmoyne by Unknown
I had only seen Lilla at meals, to find her shy and distraite.
From The Golden Magnet by Fenn, George Manville
She is sleepy enough, poor child, but cannot bear to desert Monica, who is strangely wakeful and rather silent and distraite.
From Rossmoyne by Unknown
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