distractedly

He shouted again and again until he was hoarse, calling distractedly upon Espérance, Zuleika and all the servants in turn.

Edmond Dantès Edmund Flagg

He dashed from the control room, calling distractedly to Ora as he raced along the passageway.

Creatures of Vibration Harl Vincent

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.

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club 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.

The Pickwick Papers Charles Dickens 1841

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.

Chun Ah Chun 2010

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.

there's more dark meat on a hamster kylecassidy 2009

Hart, tell her, he went on distractedly, returning to the papers on his desk.

Exit the Actress 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.

The Science of Success 2009

“Mmm, yes, more wine … tell James,” Savile murmured distractedly from the card table, not looking up from his hand.

Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 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.

Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011