distracting

Example Sentences

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“There’s that one group of people who see it as distracting and why would people laugh at that?”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

This is where Howe has previously come into his own, and Hopkinson maintained "we are not distracting ourselves with speculation about what we may or may not do in the summer".

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Others think that punishing parents like Gray may make matters worse by distracting us from addressing more important issues.

From Slate • Mar. 5, 2026

“Michael loved the idea of the projectors, of the light and memory. And he wisely told me, ‘Perhaps the material object will be distracting.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

The chickens are distracting me from the fact that we all might die today.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron