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Vacantly the lad’s eye wandered along to the space just opposite him where, framed in neat oak, hung a printed notice headed: “Labor Laws of the State of Massachusetts.”

From The Story of Leather by Bassett, Sara Ware

Vacantly the smile increased as she raised it to Flora, then waned while she looked once more on the relics, and grew again as she began to handle them.

From Kincaid's Battery by Kimball, Alonzo

Vacantly my mind groped its way back to the past, and I recalled that I had fallen, and must be now in the saloon.

From Hurricane Island by Watson, H. B. Marriott (Henry Brereton Marriott)

Vacantly gazing at the cot, she slumbers on.

From Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898 by Lee, Carson Jay

Vacantly he stared at the walls, at the room and at his master.

From The House of the Vampire by Viereck, George Sylvester