| Flunkies and maids flew distractedly about with fur coats, muffs, and stoles. |
| Katrina stubbornly refused to veer off and wimp out like all New Orleanians distractedly assumed she would. |
| He looked about distractedly and screwed up his eyes as if dazzled by the sun. |
| Henriette replied distractedly, trying to buckle her shoe without unpinning the flower at her waist. |
| 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. |
| One problem for me as a blogger is that I read voraciously but write very dilatorily and distractedly. |
