Sentences with absent-minded
ab·sent-mind·ed
A a - In his later life he became even more absent-minded.
- It took the absent-minded man twenty minutes to find his glasses on top of his head.
- Absent-minded suggests an aimless wandering of the mind away from the immediate situation, often implying a habitual tendency of this kind [the absent-minded professor]; abstracted suggests a withdrawal of the mind from the immediate present and a serious concern with some other subject; , preoccupied implies that the attention cannot be readily turned to something new because of its concern with a present matter; , distrait suggests inability to concentrate, often emphasizing such a condition as a mood; , distraught implies a similar inability to concentrate, specifically because of worry, grief, etc.; , inattentive implies a failure to pay attention, emphasizing such behavior as a lack of discipline