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absent-mindedly
1. And so, with nothing left to do in the village, Tipene hurried back home to his house, absent-mindedly carrying the old teddy bear behind him
2. “Yeah, one of those shallow creeps who only care about making money!” The third fat-cat said, absent-mindedly fiddling with the golden penchant hanging around his neck
3. She looked at it, confused, and then decided that the spoon was of no use to her and she tossed it away absent-mindedly
4. Ben was scratching his leg absent-mindedly
5. Absent-mindedly he swept his other hand over the loose cards on the desk - they flew back into their drawer
6. Hilderich indulged the machine, taking a couple of steps back absent-mindedly while at the same time his head was turned upwards, his stare fixed on the unbelievably ugly and misplaced metal object which seemed to be the size of a large wardrobe or closet
7. He was sitting fully concentrated on repairing and cleaning the arrows, Alaric had collected, and she helped him absent-mindedly
8. Elior sat next to Laino and was absent-mindedly playing with the loose handle on his knife
9. mumbling absent-mindedly to herself
10. “Pardon me?” Yazadril worriedly asked, and absent-mindedly sheathed his sword behind his back
11. absent-mindedly grabbed a strand of her hair to twist
12. ” Hilsith nodded absent-mindedly as she resumed casting diagnostics
13. The President of the United States toyed absent-mindedly with his
14. I rewarded her by absent-mindedly lifting my leg as if to inspect the sole of my foot, recreating the gap between fabric and flesh that had so excited her when I arrived, then rolled onto my stomach and asked her to apply sun lotion to back and buttocks
15. When Sorid found me there…” Jai trailed off, scratching his back absent-mindedly as if an old scar had begun to itch
16. I absent-mindedly look up at him
17. Also Jabar shows for him nervous features; he drives more absent-mindedly than usual and he even forgets to indicate direction
18. They were silent at first, chewing their food absent-mindedly while thinking over what Nancy had said
19. Tom’s smile then faded as he looked absent-mindedly through a window
20. Paul, his mind struck by Ingrid’s verdict, thought furiously about how to circumvent that problem, eating absent-mindedly during the rest of the meal
21. It was BBC2 playing light music, and he absent-mindedly tapped his foot in time to the music while considering his options
22. Saddlebrook's train of thought was momentarily halted by the droid's incessant pounding, and absent-mindedly, he reached out and pressed the windshield washer button
23. Kipling Bangura absent-mindedly put a lighted match to the small stove he had turned on moments earlier to make the tea
24. concentration was poor and I absent-mindedly threw some sheets over the second floor
25. ” He rubbed his arm absent-mindedly
26. “Hi, Izzy,” I greeted her absent-mindedly, my eyes still searching the faces around the room
27. I stroked her head, absent-mindedly, while I considered how to explain what I had seen in a way Alex would understand
28. “Do what?” he replied absent-mindedly, as he took Astra’s lead and handed the car keys to Kaspar
29. “I wish you could go with me, Salem,” I said quietly as he played with my hair absent-mindedly
30. She gasped as he laughed quietly and looked away, absent-mindedly letting the blue sparks dance across his fingers again
31. The lift started up gently as he gazed absent-mindedly at the bunch of buttons lit by his companions
32. He was absent-mindedly moving what was left of his food around his plate
33. I thought I had absent-mindedly ringed the bell of another flat
34. Absent-mindedly I stood up and started to wander
35. Raskolnikov at once pretended not to have seen him, but to be looking absent-mindedly away, while he watched him out of the corner of his eye
36. Caris patted her black head absent-mindedly, then sat at the table in the hall, brooding
37. Almost absent-mindedly he said to himself, “They’re after me
38. Absent-mindedly he picked up I
39. He had merely understood that the woman he had known as a child, of whom when her beauty was mentioned he had said absent-mindedly: ‘Yes, she’s good looking,’ he had understood that this woman might belong to him
40. As soon as Prince Andrew began to demonstrate the defects of the latter and the merits of his own plan, Prince Dolgorukov ceased to listen to him and gazed absent-mindedly not at the map, but at Prince Andrew’s face
41. ‘What?’ answered the old man absent-mindedly
42. He was not thinking of anything, but looked absent-mindedly and cheerfully from side to side
43. He watched the country slide by and absent-mindedly made a gesture to the seat beside him, and stopped
44. He looked at me absent-mindedly, as though trying to remember what we were talking about
45. She was looking absent-mindedly into the air, no longer noticing even Marya Timofyevna
46. "What sort may you be, pray, if it's not uncivil to ask?" the woman could not resist asking at last when Stepan Trofimovitch glanced absent-mindedly at her
47. I remember how I, absent-mindedly reading one of these descriptions of the solemnity of the reception of the sailors, suddenly felt a feeling, akin to meekness of spirit, even a readiness for tears, communicated to me, so that I had to make an effort to overcome this feeling
48. He had merely understood that the woman he had known as a child, of whom when her beauty was mentioned he had said absent-mindedly: “Yes, she’s good looking,” he had understood that this woman might belong to him
49. Prince Vasíli, in the rare moments when he was at home, would take Pierre’s hand in passing and draw it downwards, or absent-mindedly hold out his wrinkled, clean-shaven cheek for Pierre to kiss and would say: “Till tomorrow,” or, “Be in to dinner or I shall not see you,” or, “I am staying in for your sake,” and so on
50. As soon as Prince Andrew began to demonstrate the defects of the latter and the merits of his own plan, Prince Dolgorúkov ceased to listen to him and gazed absent-mindedly not at the map, but at Prince Andrew’s face