Examples of lost in thought in a Sentence
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The first photo shows him with his hand on his chin, as if lost in thought, but also making his bottom lip pucker.
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Anna Holmes, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2024
Costumed performers parade past brick houses against hazy backdrops, the eyes of their masks seemingly lost in thought.
—Oscar Holland, CNN, 10 Feb. 2024
Sister Nabila is in the background, clutching a Bible, seemingly lost in thought.
—Claire Porter Robbins, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2024
In this game, the communication is internal, a dialogue between the player and a character lost in thought.
—Todd Martensgame Critic, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2022
Advertisement The hurting of feelings happens inside Paragon Sports, a Manhattan institution where Don and struggling actor Mark (Arian Moayed) are lost in thought, shopping for socks.
—Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2023
Isaac was lost in thought for a minute, then popped up and went to the dresser for his scrub clothes.
—J. M. Holmes, The New Yorker, 10 May 2021
Hinton is the archetypal academic, tousled, lost in thought, with a wry wit and healthy disrespect for authority.
—Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2021
Fox also noted that Pollan often spent time on set sitting by herself, lost in thought.
—Kaitlin Stevens, Peoplemag, 15 Mar. 2023
Anna Holmes, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2024
Costumed performers parade past brick houses against hazy backdrops, the eyes of their masks seemingly lost in thought.
—Oscar Holland, CNN, 10 Feb. 2024
Sister Nabila is in the background, clutching a Bible, seemingly lost in thought.
—Claire Porter Robbins, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2024
In this game, the communication is internal, a dialogue between the player and a character lost in thought.
—Todd Martensgame Critic, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2022
Advertisement The hurting of feelings happens inside Paragon Sports, a Manhattan institution where Don and struggling actor Mark (Arian Moayed) are lost in thought, shopping for socks.
—Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2023
Isaac was lost in thought for a minute, then popped up and went to the dresser for his scrub clothes.
—J. M. Holmes, The New Yorker, 10 May 2021
Hinton is the archetypal academic, tousled, lost in thought, with a wry wit and healthy disrespect for authority.
—Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2021
Fox also noted that Pollan often spent time on set sitting by herself, lost in thought.
—Kaitlin Stevens, Peoplemag, 15 Mar. 2023
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“Lost in thought.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lost%20in%20thought. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.
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