He dashed from the control room, calling distractedly to Ora as he raced along the passageway. ❋ Harl Vincent (N/A)
He shouted again and again until he was hoarse, calling distractedly upon Espérance, Zuleika and all the servants in turn. ❋ Edmund Flagg (N/A)
Mr. Winkle knelt horror – stricken beside him; how Mr. Tupman called distractedly upon some feminine Christian name, and then opened first one eye, and then the other, and then fell back and shut them both — all this would be as difficult to describe in detail, as it would be to depict the gradual recovering of the unfortunate individual, the binding up of his arm with pocket – handkerchiefs, and the conveying him back by slow degrees supported by the arms of his anxious friends. ❋ Unknown (2007)
'Wretch!' how Mr. Tupman lay prostrate on the ground; and how Mr. Winkle knelt horror-stricken beside him; how Mr. Tupman called distractedly upon some feminine Christian name, and then opened first one eye, and then the other, and then fell back and shut them both -- all this would be as difficult to describe in detail, as it would be to depict the gradual recovering of the unfortunate individual, the binding up of his arm with pocket-handkerchiefs, and the conveying him back by slow degrees supported by the arms of his anxious friends. ❋ Charles Dickens (1841)
I'm not actually one hundred percent sure what I mean to get accomplished today, but I have Grail, The Steles of the Sky, and the Secrit Projekt with kylecassidy all open simultaneously, and I'm poking at them all distractedly while waiting for genius to strike. ❋ Kylecassidy (2009)
“WHAT?!” he said distractedly, still staring down at the postcards. ❋ Cynthia Diane Thornton (2011)
“Thank you,” Mars said distractedly, taking his key and following the bellman to his room. ❋ Cynthia Diane Thornton (2011)
Hart, tell her, he went on distractedly, returning to the papers on his desk. ❋ Priya Parmar (2011)
The e-mail that eventually arrived with the results, promised for a Monday, turned up three days early, during a Friday evening when I was simultaneously half-watching Monsters, Inc. with my kids and distractedly scanning the messages on my iPhone. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Cxuci looked distractedly around the coffee shop, at the mortals enjoying their beverages and talking, some deep in discussion, some laughing. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Rain rinsed over her suit, and she distractedly wondered if it would rinse away some of the radioactive particles. ❋ Unknown (2011)
The family fluttered distractedly on visits about with friends, while Ah Chun calmly managed his many affairs, smoked his long pipe with the tiny silver bowl, and pondered the problem of his wonderful progeny. ❋ Unknown (2010)
She smiled up at Mars distractedly, and then turned back to her laptop and phone call. ❋ Cynthia Diane Thornton (2011)
“Mmm, yes, more wine … tell James,” Savile murmured distractedly from the card table, not looking up from his hand. ❋ Priya Parmar (2011)
Mr. Soper ran his finger down a column of figures distractedly. ❋ Julie Chibbaro (2011)
He could never stay still long enough to have his picture taken, and so a lone eye peers distractedly out of a blur of whirling cheeks and chins. ❋ Annia Ciezadlo (2011)
“Not for several days after the accident,” Irina said, distractedly, as she filled out her forms. ❋ Unknown (2011)
