distract

Example Sentences

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

From MarketWatch

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

From BBC

Fellow lodgers at his New York City boardinghouse worried as the typically cheerful, young Fairbanks grew gloomy and distracted.

From Literature

Handsome would have been distracted by his hand mirror long before Duane talked about the merits of listening and paying attention to whom you are addressing.

From Literature

But she said the resolution includes "language that is likely to distract" from diplomatic efforts to end the war rather than support them.

From Barron's