distracting

Example Sentences

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The goal is to make the tinnitus less distracting.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

One of the others is the Brick, that little piece of plastic that has exactly one job—to make my phone stop working in distracting ways—and executes it to perfection.

From Slate • Jun. 10, 2026

Yet I liked those distracting kids — I liked the life and the mess — and I like watching a director go full-gusto as he builds his universe.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Victoria’s Secret accused one of its largest shareholders of pursuing a proxy fight after being denied a board seat, calling the effort a distracting campaign.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

“While he’s distracting them. We need to find the dining room.”

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell