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
I was in a brown study, and thinking of my favourite Richard, when poor Olive's sobs roused me.'
From Heriot's Choice A Tale by Rosa Nouchette Carey
Ralph toiled over the fields towards his home in a brown study.
From The Squire's Daughter by Silas K(itto) Hocking
Well, she was walkin’ ’cross-lots in a brown study an’ a red-striped morey waist, speakin’ this out loud as she went.
From Winona of the Camp Fire by Margaret Widdemer
"I am sorry to hear that," remarked Claus, looking down at the floor in a brown study.
From The Haunted Mine by Harry Castlemon
