distracted
Example Sentences
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But when the basement lights were off and the others were distracted, a four-year-old could hide on the stairs and peep over the railing to see all of “Titanic,” rated PG-13 by the way.
The broader weakness and the Iran war may have distracted investors from just how bad things have gotten for the megacap market leaders.
From Barron's
Maybe we need a 3D-animated remake of “Dr. Strangelove” to convince today’s distracted generations that nuclear bombs are not an aesthetic.
From Salon
US officials on Tuesday played down speculation that distracted air traffic controllers might have contributed to a deadly collision between an Air Canada jet and a fire truck at New York's LaGuardia Airport.
From Barron's
“We cannot miss this moment,” Fidji Simo, the company’s CEO of applications, told staff, “because we are distracted by side quests.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
