During the speeches, Nef looked preoccupied.
I walked into the kitchen and Bloss was looking preoccupied.
Cameras caught the heads of state in various states of attentiveness: Trudeau was chatty, Macron was ostentatiously rapt, Merkel looked preoccupied.
People tend to pass over people who look preoccupied doing something else.
If you're sitting alone and she's next to you, don't look preoccupied or tired and depressed.
'But when I came back from Germany,' she says, 'I did react.' She returned to a country that was blunted, inward-looking, preoccupied with its own problems.
We seem preoccupied with the pastime of looking for problems, and the funny thing about looking for something is that you often find it.
Seem preoccupied with death and/or dying.
As many racing fans look forward to the classics, some of us like to look back, preoccupied as much with racing heroes of the past like Harry Bassett and Colin as we are with who will win the big races in 2013.
Try and see if your teacher is looking away, preoccupied with something else, sleeping, etc. Sitting in a strategic location (i.e., in the back row where it is hard to see you) can also work to your advantage.
