Well, it struck me that Mr. Morgan was looking pretty absent-minded, most of the time; and he certainly is dressing better than he used to.

Consequently, both looked absent-minded as they talked, and each often gave a wrong answer which the other consistently failed to notice.

Strong looked absent-minded while exercising the talent he brought to the partnership.

He looked absent-minded, and as if someone had taken him by surprise.

Presumably he was the boss; he looked mild and absent-minded and probably had a remarkable brain.

When I explain that my uncle's fortune has flown off into the fourth dimension, Daisy is going to look absent-minded and stop listening.

Did you ever try to make love to a girl who looked absent-minded?

Daisy tried to look absent-minded, and failed.

"We were passing and saw a light in your window, so we came up," Katharine explained, standing and looking very tall and distinguished and rather absent-minded.

For once, he didn't look absent-minded and it was obvious that his dinner companions were enjoying themselves; the next time he smiled at her over the tastefully arranged centre-piece she gave him a cool look.