How to Use absent-minded in a Sentence

absent-minded

adjective

• The little boy went to school but was absent-minded, always hunched over books and filling the pages with endless drawings.
  — Elena Banfi, Vanity Fair, 19 Jan. 2026
• Your absent-minded or absentee father?
  — Taiye Selasi, New Yorker, 31 May 2026
• Though Melanie was no doubt left feeling guilty at making the mistake, she can be forgiven for being a little absent-minded, given that she in the throes of being a new parent.
  — Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
• As a result, employees who seem absent-minded, distracted or increasingly unavailable may simply be dealing with a problem that their employer doesn’t even know about.
  — Scott Parrish, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
• Howard McNear provided an indelible bit of local flavor as the genial, if absent-minded, town barber, Floyd.
  — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 June 2026