"Distrait" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... startled from the reflection by the woe-begone, distrait little thing who seemed hypnotized by terror. The tall man bent down ...
— Orphans of the Storm • Henry MacMahon
... it was natural enough that Hamilton should appear more than ever distrait in his own home, for he found himself wholly unable to cast out of his mind the cares that harassed him. They were ever present during his waking moments; they pursued him in the hours devoted to slumber: his nights were a riot of financial ...
— Making People Happy • Thompson Buchanan
... social life was more difficult than ever to her. Adelle was never a brilliant hostess. She talked little and with effort, and people herded together in large numbers rendered her quite dumb. This evening she was more distrait than ever, for her mind clung tenaciously to its one theme as was the habit of her mind. It would stick to an idea until some solution presented itself. No mere distraction could shunt it off its course, as with Archie, who drank and gambled and played polo and shouted ...
— Clark's Field • Robert Herrick |
