absent-minded

Example Sentences

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Many women talk about having "pregnancy brain" or "baby brain", to describe feeling forgetful, absent-minded or having brain fog.

From BBC • Sep. 16, 2024

Shoot, today he was just in there and we didn’t have a good practice on offense, and some of the guys I think were a little bit absent-minded on practice.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 15, 2023

Musgrove and catcher Austin Nola were among five absent-minded Padres who mistakenly headed toward the dugout with two outs.

From Washington Times • May 14, 2023

Gallerists and museum curators must strike a balance between making works accessible and protecting them from a well-meaning, but perhaps absent-minded, public.

From New York Times • Feb. 18, 2023

Mrs. Glass, who had resumed staring at the blue bathmat, gave an absent-minded nod at this “fair warning.”

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger