absence of mind
absence ***

Tell me, have you cured your absence of mind?

This may be due to physical absence or to absence of mind.

This empire was acquired in a fit of absence of mind.

You credit him with rather singular absence of mind."

Edward's embarrassment lasted some time, and it ended in an absence of mind still more settled.

Unguarded either from absence of mind, or of design, there was no telling.

Europe conquered Africa "in a fit of absence of mind," as an old line had it.

Mr. Damon's absence of mind seemed to be well known to everyone but him-self.

Paganel was helped twice to each dish, through "absence of mind," he said.

The man looked exhausted, his drowsy absence of mind animated with a bad case of the shakes.

Just absence of mind and rotten bad luck.'

A historian once remarked that Britain acquired its empire in "a fit of absence of mind."

Kathryn Janeway put out her hand and smiled, amused at his unusual absence of mind.

Sometimes the expression of the eyes is merely vacant, as it absent-mindedness did really mean a permanent absence of mind.

The young society was not drawn to quaintness, or studiousness, or absence of mind in the outfield.

The Second could probably produce only temporary absence of mind; it is reserved to the Third to make it permanent.

The truth is that I had slipped it with my handkerchief into my pocket in a fit of absence of mind.

'I haven't been up for a while,' her father said, implying a total absence of mind, and some of body, too.

"Eventually," said D.G. with a certain absence of mind.

Bishop, mentally perambulating among paths of peace, was altogether swallowed up in absence of mind.

The broken, disjointed prose in which this state is described conveys a confusion, an absence of mind, as in sleep and dreaming.

It was the slightest action possible, not obtruded on his notice, and apparently the result of a moment's absence of mind, not worth remark.

The book contains the much-quoted statement that "the British Empire was acquired in a fit of absence of mind".

Disquietude, absence of mind is on every face; Members whisper, uneasily come and go: the order of the day is evidently not the day's want.

Mr. Gerald amused himself by thinking over this gossip, and quite annoyed his sister by his absence of mind.

Want to put a team in town after a 12-year absence?

If you need a break, try to get a leave of absence.

You never know what they might be up to in your absence.

And in some cases, the figure is present through absence.

He took a leave of absence and never had time to return.

In his absence, the case against him took on a new life.

One reason was the absence of any significant economic news.

In his absence the team did three times more work.

Oh I see, so you're making a the most of his absence are you?

The case will be heard in his absence next month.

A place you try to find after a long absence.

The only reason must be the absence of a family.

I'm on a leave of absence from school for a little while.

"Do you know the real reason why I took the leave of absence?"

I know nothing of what has happened in my absence.

He has taken a leave of absence from the campaign.

Others are not so sure about the absence of a problem.

They did not know where he had been during his absence.

His absence was one more reason for not getting up.

Time and absence had done its work on both the young people.

After an absence of more than two hours, he came back.

But then, she thought, her absence had been less than a year.

He even goes to her house during the absence of his wife.

She took a leave of absence in 1984 to have her first child.

In the early 2000s, he took a leave of absence from the industry.