woolgather

Example Sentences

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But such are the longueurs of this would-be slam-bang blockbuster directed by Robert Schwentke, that it sure does inspire woolgathering.

From New York Times

I listened to their woolgathering for a while, and then some artillery rumbled in the distance.

From New York Times

Chronic lateness is a personality characteristic just as much as smiling or shyness or empathy or mothering or woolgathering, to name a few of the more benign.

From Seattle Times

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

Not that that matters at all if there is spiritual affinity, but in this case—— Really, Annette, I think your wits must be woolgathering.

From Project Gutenberg