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How to use distractedly in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word distractedly? Here are some examples.

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The soft fur solaced me little, and I distractedly wished the bear could soothe the aching sensation in my heart.
One problem for me as a blogger is that I read voraciously but write very dilatorily and distractedly.
I waited for a few girls to come down the stairs, smiled distractedly at their approving glances, and then hurried upstairs.
My wife returned to the room to find the tree on the floor, with my arm and legs visible beneath, waving distractedly.
Katrina stubbornly refused to veer off and wimp out like all New Orleanians distractedly assumed she would.
She nods frantically, distractedly, ponytail slicing a semi-circle through the air as she about-faces for a new strip of floor to stomp across.
Henriette replied distractedly, trying to buckle her shoe without unpinning the flower at her waist.
Mumbling distractedly, she conducts me through the hundreds of exhibits.
I saw soldiers' heads turn and nostrils twitch distractedly.
It wasn't a tough crowd: five just-about-to-be-toddlers sitting distractedly in their mothers' laps.
Taylor retied her hair into its ponytail distractedly as she watched Kyle, Simone and Craig stroll into the gym, Craig being the only one not dressed for a game.
Karen Aileron looks distractedly out the window, a tofuburger sizzling in the skillet on the stove.
Pale, haunted relatives talking distractedly to TV cameras.
Parents chat distractedly, gesturing to children to keep close.
In short, the boy is distractedly in love with Miss Chaworth.
Examples from Classical Literature
Flunkies and maids flew distractedly about with fur coats, muffs, and stoles.
He looked about distractedly and screwed up his eyes as if dazzled by the sun.
She looked at him distractedly, the fire burning through her heart.
She looked at him distractedly, brushing her hands across her eyes.
She moved on distractedly, but he put out his hand and stayed her.
This last disclaimer had reference to Miss Twinkleton's distractedly pressing two-and-sixpence on her, instead of the cabman.
I declare I quite doat upon them already, and indeed I am always distractedly fond of children.
Mr. Aston rumpled his hair distractedly and Christopher giggled.
The stout lady with the wig personated the sentimental Julia from an inveterately tragic point of view, and used her handkerchief distractedly in the first scene.
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