in a fog

1. Also, in a haze. Preoccupied, not paying attention; also, at a loss, confused. For example, After the accident he went about in a fog, even though he had not been injured, or Millie always seems to be in a haze; she never knows what's going on. These expressions allude to fog or haze obscuring one's view; the fog usage dates from about 1600, haze from about 1800.

Example Sentences

In many productions, Hamlet stalks the stage in a fog of misery, as if trailing a rain cloud above his head like a balloon on a string.

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"I didn't know who I was anymore. I was just walking around in a fog; I didn't know how to make a decision anymore," she says.

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Living in a fog of melancholy and regret, Doc still holds a torch for Shasta Fay, so his work on her behalf spins a complex web of emotional complications as the film grapples with the fallout of the end of the 1960s and the onset of the big bummer realization that business and money will always prevail.

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She noticed her uncle’s feet were bloodied from walking on broken glass in sandals and he was staring off into the distance and appeared to be in a fog.

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Hargitay doesn’t remember anything about her mother, and what she can conjure comes in a fog so opaque that she’s not sure whether it’s real or imagined.

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