spaced out

The serious heart of the opera is Lincoln and his crushing grief, limned in four striking arias evenly spaced out through just over two hours of music.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Truthful and concerning accounts, all of them—but few and far between, spaced out over a span of years to make it seem like these are common rather than exceptional occurrences.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2025

That has to be repeated three times spaced out over time, Vizzachero said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2025

Her first college game came in an eerily quiet setting: no fans, players spaced out on bleachers and some wearing masks to protect against the coronavirus.

From New York Times ● Apr. 2, 2024

The kids were spaced out along the street, flagging down their neighbors and other pedestrians, explaining their plight.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser

The shiny-faced, spaced-out humans of 2024 have ceded their place to an expanded host of critters, letting Coke dodge the “uncanny valley” where nearly real simulations of people wind up unsettling viewers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2025

And you sense, from Thiên’s spaced-out expression and general disinterest in the discourse, that he’s grown tired of that cacophony, which has effectively numbed him to reality.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2024

The tour is in support of the band's seventh album, The Car, which builds on the lounge-y, spaced-out orchestral vibes of their previous record, Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino.

From BBC ● May 29, 2023

It’s only two minutes long, but “Amber,” from the second half of the project, runs like a spaced-out symphony.

From New York Times ● May 27, 2022

They will need a teacher who turns out strong, free-thinking individuals, *not* spaced-out, dependent disciples.

From Take Me for a Ride: coming of age in a destructive cult by Mark Eliot Laxer