spaced out

The serious heart of the opera is Lincoln and his crushing grief, limned in four striking arias evenly spaced out through just over two hours of music.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Truthful and concerning accounts, all of them—but few and far between, spaced out over a span of years to make it seem like these are common rather than exceptional occurrences.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2025

Her first college game came in an eerily quiet setting: no fans, players spaced out on bleachers and some wearing masks to protect against the coronavirus.

From New York Times ● Apr. 2, 2024

According to the plea agreement, he originally wrote M.S.D. — the same initials as Magnolia School District — on the checks, with the letters spaced out.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2024

“You seemed spaced out there for a minute.”

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon

The mostly instrumental “Panorama” swirls banjo, mandolin, strings and horns with droning electronics, landing on a kind of spaced-out Americana.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

And you sense, from Thiên’s spaced-out expression and general disinterest in the discourse, that he’s grown tired of that cacophony, which has effectively numbed him to reality.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2024

The tour is in support of the band's seventh album, The Car, which builds on the lounge-y, spaced-out orchestral vibes of their previous record, Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino.

From BBC ● May 29, 2023

It’s only two minutes long, but “Amber,” from the second half of the project, runs like a spaced-out symphony.

From New York Times ● May 27, 2022

My only companions were now at spaced-out and mighty intervals the big bare peaks that had lifted themselves mysteriously from among their lesser neighbours, with which heretofore they had been confused.

From The Killer by Stewart Edward White