abstractedly

Example Sentences

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Many mourners ponder, even if only abstractedly, their reason for living.

From Scientific American • Jun. 7, 2011

A creased, dirty raincoat is his unvarying costume; he wanders abstractedly, clutching a camera and a sackful of pointless documents.

From Time Magazine Archive

At one point, an elderly extra, abstractedly scratching her stomach, turned to one of the actresses and said: "Hey, didja ever see so many characters in one place?"

From Time Magazine Archive

And occasionally Oates will let all his defenses collapse, as when GTO sits in a North Carolina roadside diner and abstractedly orders "champagne and caviar and chicken sandwiches on toast."

From Time Magazine Archive

The black hen left through the backdoor, and scratched abstractedly in the yard, where woodshavings blew about like blond curls.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy