absent-mindedness
Example Sentences
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Mr. Johnson has previously weathered one scandal after another, building a buffer from his aura of chronic absent-mindedness and posh eccentricity.
From New York Times ● Sep. 23, 2019
Carlos Rivera tells fondly of his cousin’s absent-mindedness, epitomized by the time Edgar realized that one of his savings certificates was missing.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 15, 2019
When Reagan announced his Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis in 1994, there was much speculation that the absent-mindedness and detachment he sometimes exhibited before leaving office in 1989 may have been early signs of the condition.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 6, 2018
We have shown that the comic character always errs through obstinacy of mind or of disposition, through absent-mindedness, in short, through automatism.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 8, 2015
Dewey’s dedication to the puzzle had resulted in an uncharacteristic absent-mindedness.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
