in a brown study
Example Sentences
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Most people spend between 30 and 47 percent of their waking hours spacing out, drifting off, lost in thought, woolgathering, in a brown study or building castles in the air.
From Scientific American • Aug. 22, 2014
But he strolled down the dark street in a brown study, when suddenly there rushed at him in the darkness something which nearly upset him outright, and lo!
From Dorrien of Cranston by Mitford, Bertram
The Princess, with folded arms, gazed out of the window and remained in a brown study for some time.
From The Slaves of the Padishah by J?kai, M?r
But she was rather in a brown study at her lessons that morning.
From Little Miss Peggy Only a Nursery Story by Molesworth, Mrs.
Sometimes when he saw Dennis holding his forehead in a brown study, he would rub his long gaunt arms over his own brow with a wistful look that brought a smile to the lad's face.
From With Drake on the Spanish Main by Strang, Herbert
