in a brown study
Example Sentences
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Most people spend between 30 and 47 percent of their waking hours spacing out, drifting off, lost in thought, woolgathering, in a brown study or building castles in the air.
From Scientific American • Aug. 22, 2014
Sometimes when he saw Dennis holding his forehead in a brown study, he would rub his long gaunt arms over his own brow with a wistful look that brought a smile to the lad's face.
From With Drake on the Spanish Main by Strang, Herbert
"About face! skeletons;" and the gridiron cavalry returned to camp in a brown study.
From The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 by Newell, R. H. (Robert Henry)
Cora sat in a brown study as the boat hummed its way to the home landing.
From The Motor Girls in the Mountains or, The Gypsy Girl's Secret by Penrose, Margaret
The boy rode along, his thoughts absorbed in a brown study.
From Hope Hathaway A Story of Western Ranch Life by Parker, Frances
