distract

Example Sentences

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Sometimes the blustery weather can distract play, as a takeaway food bag blowing onto the main stadium court during Grigor Dimitrov’s first-round victory against Terence Atmane did on Thursday.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2026

But if a viewer is so aware of the historical slips, there’s not enough going on elsewhere to distract him.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

Don’t let these comments distract you from securing a consistent paycheck.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 28, 2026

Ironically, because the shows are on her phone, she says there is no other device to distract her.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

Whenever my parents argue, Haley always starts doing backflips, handsprings, and cartwheels because she knows how much they hate it when she does gymnastics in the house and she thinks it will distract them.

From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner