distractor
Example Sentences
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If your chosen distractor keeps you awake, try something else.
From Washington Post • Nov. 3, 2022
Sure enough, Arnold’s group approached and took down the distractor.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2020
In the car, it is a navigator, a radio, a nagging distractor and a ready accessory to manslaughter; at work, it is both a vigilant assistant and an eager fellow shirker.
From New York Times • May 16, 2018
At the same time, you have to suppress or ignore certain distractor items.
From Scientific American • Mar. 29, 2014
Was frequently ill, a poor sleeper, toy demolisher, throat exerciser, nurse distractor, and a general nuisance.
From Who Was Who: 5000 BC - 1914 Biographical Dictionary of the Famous and Those Who Wanted to Be by Gordon, Irwin Leslie
