appear preoccupied
Frequency: 6.07.1 per million words
To give the impression of being lost in thought.
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- He would often appear preoccupied during team meetings.
- She began to appear increasingly preoccupied as the deadline approached.
- Why does he always appear so preoccupied these days?
- The manager might appear preoccupied, but he's actually listening intently.
- Despite the noise, she seemed to appear utterly preoccupied with her book.
- If you appear preoccupied, people might think you're not interested.
- He had appeared preoccupied ever since he received that phone call.
- Don't let yourself appear preoccupied when you're speaking to a client.
- The artist would often appear deeply preoccupied when working on a new piece.
- Even though she tried to hide it, she couldn't help but appear a little preoccupied.