And as often happens with old people, Kutuzov began looking about absent-mindedly as if forgetting all he wanted to say or do.
As soon as Prince Andrew began to demonstrate the defects of the latter and the merits of his own plan, Prince Dolgorukov ceased to listen to him and gazed absent-mindedly not at the map, but at Prince Andrew's face.
Anatole, having taken off his overcoat, sat with arms akimbo before a table on a corner of which he smilingly and absent-mindedly fixed his large and handsome eyes.
He was not thinking of anything, but looked absent-mindedly and cheerfully from side to side.
Of course the rascal was hanged in the yard of our prison, and the administration light mindedly grew calm, but I was in despair--the great purpose of the prison proved to be wrong since such horrible deeds were possible.
The consciousness that while going to bed I may absent-mindedly have forgotten to lock my bedroom door compels me to jump from my bed dozens of times and to feel the lock with a quiver of horror.
In the quest after some fantastic beauty he light-mindedly passed by the true beauties with which the human soul is filled.
Single-mindedly selfish men may be seen through and through, and still be dangerous, Nevil.
He sat in one of the bondes of the Botanical Garden half of the street railway system of Rio, and absent mindedly regarded the scenery.
Three times Bell absent mindedly paid the fare for the zone.
She found Nan standing over a steaming dishpan, stirring the dishes about absent-mindedly with the pancake spoon.
Why, it was even reported that Mert Hagley so far forgot himself as to absent-mindedly drop a bill into the basket when it came by.
It was an unusually well- written signature--and you know how sometimes one may absent- mindedly scribble a sheet of paper full of meaningless words.
He divined with a sort of pride what all the mouths were whispering, what all the eyes were saying, fixed absent-mindedly on the canvases only to turn toward him.
The painter had forgotten that he had picked it up that morning to pay a bill and then had put it absent-mindedly in the pocket of his serge coat.
He was staring absent-mindedly at the floor where the book lay when she came to the door.
They were about to go up stairs when the Doctor, who had been looking absent-mindedly into the embers, began meditating aloud about local politics while his wife sewed.
They fluttered into the large drawing room full of the subdued murmur of many voices, and were greeted absent-mindedly by the busy hostess and effusively by Kitty.
Illustration: After this he only appeared in the village street guarded on either side by a female Snow] As she sat bending over Lois now, her attitude was instinct with something high-mindedly lovely.
Scottie made no reply but to gaze absent-mindedly at her.
He had his pipe in his mouth and a cake of tobacco in his hand, and was fumbling in his waistcoat pockets for a knife, when Ned saw him pull a twisted piece of paper out and look at it, and absent-mindedly unfold and read it.
Here I very absent-mindedly took up a fork, but, finding her eye upon me, laid it down again.
I took it all in, however, hanging on my storyteller's each and every word more single-mindedly than any of the 400 scholars had hung on the erstwhile words of Chief Rabbi Loew in the yeshiva of the three cells.
He absent-mindedly seized two pieces of bread from the basket offered to him by a waiter, and began to eat as if famished.
He was biting absent-mindedly into the sandwich Molly had almost shoved into his hand; he was eyeing the milk which that astute person was pouring out for him.
She bit absent-mindedly into a round spiced roll Ricky had placed before her.
Charity listened closely, absent-mindedly sucking the wooden shaft of one of her brushes.
Sandy dropped into a chair, absent-mindedly lighting one of the "gaspers" he had so recently purchased.
He closed the door and stood absent-mindedly feeling his swollen hand.
Lance picked up an extra deck of cards and began to shuffle them absent-mindedly but nevertheless dexterously.
Maybe you took it off, and absent-mindedly slipped it in your pocket.
Absent-mindedly Uncle Jeff accepted a second cup of tea, and then a third, still arguing a point of finance with his guest.
HE [Listening absent-mindedly to the music]: What question?
A pair of silk stockings for Bambi which he absent-mindedly appropriated caused much mirth.
The Professor went to the station with them, and absent-mindedly kissed Jarvis good-bye, which infuriated his victim and nearly sent Bambi into hysterics.
When he entered the court, Mossur Rasmus Berg absent-mindedly went into the stable and shouted, "Hey, is Jeronimus at home?
While he is gone Herman absent-mindedly tears the hatters' document to pieces.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "mindedly" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
