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

Card and absent-minded shopper are now happily reunited.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 16, 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

But it provides considerable fun as Leonor wanders through the film's scenes like an absent-minded grandmother wielding a hammer in case of danger.

From Salon • Nov. 26, 2022

Besides, Mr. Popper had always been a little absent-minded.

From "Mr. Popper's Penguins" by Florence Atwater and Richard Atwater