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Example sentences for "deep thought"

  • He had little to say, but his eyes were looking far ahead in deep thought.

  • At his breakfast table James Minturn read both items, then sat in deep thought.

  • On the car he sat in deep thought, then suddenly sniggered aloud.

  • When Jobst returned home to Saatzig from the execution, he seemed much disturbed in his mind, which was unusual to him, and sat by the stove plunged in deep thought.

  • Meanwhile, as Duke Philip still sat in deep thought, and played with a quill, the door opened, and a lacquey entered with a message from the noble Prechln of Buslar, requesting an audienza of his Grace.

  • Consul seemed quite confounded, and was silent, and leaned his head on the table, as in deep thought.

  • And the old forester continued his journey in deep thought.

  • He quitted the cottage and walked out for some distance into the forest in deep thought.

  • This was the third time that Mr. Westcote had read it and when he was through he sat for a while in deep thought.

  • She was walking very slowly as if in deep thought.

  • After he had called up the lawyer and asked him to come at once to his office, he hung up the receiver and sat for a few seconds lost in deep thought.

  • He hardly spoke a word on the way back but seemed lost in deep thought.

  • Rodin began again to walk, biting his nails with an air of deep thought.

  • After reading this letter and the signature of the writer, Hardy remained for some time in deep thought, without being able to recollect the name of Rodin, or to what serious circumstances he alluded.

  • When he had read these lines, Father d'Aigrigny threw down the paper and remained in deep thought.

  • After remaining for some moments in deep thought, the old man was about to answer, when some person, running across the little garden, opened the door hastily, and entered the room in which were the marshal and his father.

  • At his entrance the little artist started from a chair by the window, where he had apparently been seated a long time, absorbed in deep thought.

  • It's very hot here," she said as he still preserved his silence, and with both hands behind his back paced heavily up and down the dark room, absorbed in deep thought.

  • He walked on a few steps, absorbed in deep thought, then paused suddenly and passed his hand across his brow.

  • While this last scene was passing in the audience-room, the king had retired to his study, and was walking up and down in deep thought.

  • Long after Pollnitz had left him, the king paced his chamber in deep thought.

  • She was stretched upon a sofa, lost in deep thought; her eyes were raised to heaven, and her lips trembled; from time to time they murmured a word of complaint or of entreaty.

  • He seemed to be in deep thought, and his brows knitted with perplexity.

  • When he had read the article through for the second time, he laid the paper aside, re-lighted his cigar, and sat for some time in deep thought.

  • For a few minutes the woman remained in deep thought.

  • Mr. Gully, and he remained for a space in deep thought.

  • Slavin dropped the shells into his pocket and for a space he remained in deep thought.

  • For a brief space he remained, chin in hand, in deep thought; then rising, he sauntered slowly over to the prisoner's cell.

  • William walked slowly, eyes fixed on the ground, brows knit in deep thought.

  • The young man was plunged in deep thought.

  • Buck knitted his brows in deep thought, and stared into the fire.

  • All this was done in perfect silence, and for some minutes Jack sat there waiting, while U Saw seemed to forget his presence, and rested upon the pile of cushions with head bent as if in deep thought.

  • I see she wuz a writin' for she had a long lead pencil in her right hand and occasionally she would lean her forrerd down upon it, in deep thought, and before she went, she slipped the verses into my hand.

  • Reynolds sat for a long time that night absorbed in deep thought.

  • But now he sat down upon the ground, and remained for some time in deep thought.

  • For some time Harmon sat there, lost in deep thought.

  • Mark said no more, but sat apparently buried in deep thought.

  • He reined in his horse and sat a moment in deep thought.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "deep thought" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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