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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



... slowly to the window, deep in thought. He was interested in Conyngham, despite himself. It is possible that he had not hitherto met a man capable of so far forgetting his own interests as to undertake a foolish and dangerous escapade without anything in the nature of gain or advantage to recommend it. The windows ...
— In Kedar's Tents • Henry Seton Merriman

... wise men? why so deep in thought? You have big heads and long beards; it would seem that there is plenty of wisdom, so why not show it? To go to the island of Buzan to obtain the bride does not mean to lose gold or army. Have you already forgotten the seventh Simeon? Why, it will be simple enough for him to steal ...
— Folk Tales from the Russian • Various

... anything, when it comes to that," remarked Dorothy, who had been deep in thought. "But I'm not going to scatter my bones just yet, because I need them, and you prob'ly need ...
— Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz • L. Frank Baum.

... Jimmy was still deep in thought when the train, which had been taking itself less seriously for the last half hour, stopping at stations of quite minor importance and generally showing a tendency to dawdle, halted again. A board with ...
— The Gem Collector • P. G. Wodehouse

... the window, and made no reply. He was deep in thought, and the result of his meditation became evident from that day in a gradual broadening of his nature and purposes. He never again attempted to replace nature's instincts and affections by his own system of education, and as the years went by he made ...
— Ten Girls from Dickens • Kate Dickinson Sweetser


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