absence of thought
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An absence of thought, which is obviously a contrast, because I had so much thinking when I was playing her.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 2, 2024
When there was no electronic refuge from your own punitive thoughts, or absence of thought.
From New York Times • Nov. 27, 2022
But the abuse of either signifies such an absence of thought.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 14, 2019
Within the life of a major league ballplayer, there is a lot to ponder — or, in the absence of thought, do.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2016
I saw knots of men about, but only the two at the entrance appeared to be armed, and they had that lounging, easy air, that belongs to security and the absence of thought.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 100, April, 1876 by Various