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Deep in thought   /dip ɪn θɔt/   Listen
Deep in thought

adjective
1.
Deeply absorbed in thought.  Synonyms: bemused, lost, preoccupied.  "Lost in thought" , "A preoccupied frown"






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"Deep in thought" Quotes from Famous Books



... sadness and longing in the reply touched Uncle Bob; Jean and the young Venetian chattered on, but Mr. Cabot walked silently ahead, deep in thought. ...
— The Story of Glass • Sara Ware Bassett

... children's Album came the music to Byron's "Manfred." This consists of an overture and fifteen numbers. The whole work, with one exception, is deep in thought and masterly in conception. The overture especially is one of his finest productions, surpassing other ...
— The World's Great Men of Music - Story-Lives of Master Musicians • Harriette Brower

... Lord Everard's listless hand, and, with his head bowed upon his bosom, he suffered his horse to move at a foot's pace up the sombre avenue. Deep in thought, he heeded not the movement of the steed which ...
— Literary Lapses • Stephen Leacock

... only answer he received, since every one of the six other scouts seemed to be scratching his head, and wrinkling his forehead, as though deep in thought, yet unable to ...
— The Banner Boy Scouts Afloat • George A. Warren

... sat on the verandah and saw his wife walking slowly along the avenue towards the house. She was deep in thought; there was a mournful, charming expression in her face, and her eyes were bright with tears. She was not now the slender, fragile, pale-faced girl she used to be; she was a mature, beautiful, vigorous woman. And Laptev saw the enthusiasm with which Yartsev looked at her when he met her, and the ...
— The Darling and Other Stories • Anton Chekhov


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