Sentence examples for absent way from inspiring English sources
Good art makes you see the world differently, at least for a while, and after seeing Mr. diCorcia's new "Heads," for the next few hours you won't pass another person on the street in the same absent way.
"Good art makes you see the world differently, at least for a while, and after seeing Mr. diCorcia's new 'Heads,' for the next few hours you won't pass another person on the street in the same absent way". But not everyone was impressed.
Two stories that are strikingly successful are "Do Not Attempt to Climb Out," in which a janitor is stuck in a stalled elevator, remembering the way his sister's corn bread "gave a kiss of steam when he broke it in two," and "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend," in which a girl sprints around a baseball diamond musing about "the absent way Tommy Lafair handled his math book".
The ruling principle is one of reciprocal obsession in sallies of boundary-free intimacy that are either real or make-believe, and absent any way to tell the difference.
We believed, and now do so even more, that many Americans are penned in by a degree of guilt that, absent any way to atone, leads them into denial and ultimately even the exacerbation of their destructive behaviors.
Fiddling with her jewelry in an absent-minded way, Das mused, "What happened to patience?
She joined the band at 17, after Guthrie saw her dancing in an absent-minded way in a nightclub.
For instance, there's the summer cottage syndrome, in which I find myself halfway through a murder mystery before realizing that I read it in the same absent-minded way the summer before.
When he is with Iraqis, he often fingers a set of green stone prayer beads, though in a more absent-minded way than religious Muslims, who use each bead as a mental prayer-stop; for Khalilzad, the beads serve as a sort of prop, a convenient visual reminder of his Muslim identity.
Psychological research shows that a lot of snacking occurs in an absent-minded way, as part of a routine.
But Richard has more urgent problems - having promised Susan he will reform his absent-minded ways, he promptly forgets to take her to the prestigious Coleridge Dinner at his old Cambridge College, St. Cedd's.
