English vocabulary examples in context: absently
Vocabulary in context: absently -- Example 1.
'Dear me, general,' said Nastasia Philipovna, absently, 'I really never imagined you had such a good heart.'
Vocabulary in context: absently -- Example 2.
He had absently taken up the knife a second time, and again Rogojin snatched it from his hand, and threw it down on the table.
Vocabulary in context: absently -- Example 3.
He stood and looked absently at her for a moment, then turned, and took the road back to his hotel.
Vocabulary in context: absently -- Example 4.
He smiled absently at her; then suddenly he felt a burning sensation in his ear as an angry voice whispered: 'If you do not turn those dreadful people out of the house this very instant, I shall hate you all my life--all my life!'
Vocabulary in context: absently -- Example 5.
He wandered about the park, looking absently around him, and paused in astonishment when he suddenly found himself in the empty space with the rows of chairs round it, near the Vauxhall.
Vocabulary in context: absently -- Example 6.
This was all Levin noticed, and without wondering who it could be, he gazed absently at the coach.
Vocabulary in context: absently -- Example 7.
'It's a great pity,' and he gazed straight before him, absently stroking his mustache with his fingers.