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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



... took up the point thus raised. Winter bent a searching, almost sorrowful glance at Furneaux, but the little man's eyes were fixed on the ground, as though he were deep in thought. ...
— Number Seventeen • Louis Tracy

... he had already withdrawn the curtain of his tent, he remained motionless, and appeared deep in thought. Then he allowed the curtain to fall, and ...
— Berlin and Sans-Souci • Louise Muhlbach

... grig him a little; he felt oneasy like, and walked twice across the room, fifty fathoms deep in thought; at last he said, 'Which way are you from, Mr. Slick, this hitch?' 'Why,' says I, 'I've run away up South a-speculating in nutmegs.' 'I hope,' says the Professor, 'they were a good article, the real right down genuine thing.' 'No mistake,' says I, 'no mistake, Professor: ...
— The Clockmaker • Thomas Chandler Haliburton

... did not sit down at his desk, but going to a window he stood looking out as though deep in thought. ...
— Helen of the Old House • Harold Bell Wright

... walked the deck of the huge empty ship, still deep in thought. He considered the fact that no reports had come through to the Academy from the colony at all. Not merely from the Space Cadets, but from the expedition itself. Only the sketchiest details had been audioed back during the trip and absolutely ...
— The Space Pioneers • Carey Rockwell


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