spaced out

But in “Masquerade,” six cohorts of 60 audience members need to be spaced out evenly as they take in the show in a 30,000-square-foot, five-floor warehouse once occupied by an art supply company.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 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

My whole body, mind included, felt numb and spaced out.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2024

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

Lifeless except for overcrowded, overflowing evacuation centers, looking like anthills spaced out at five-mile intervals.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

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

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

In the Albany region, BRT lines have spaced-out stations and technology to prioritize buses at intersections, but lack many advanced features.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 23, 2021

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