sidetracked

Example Sentences

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My promise to Grandpa about being ready and waiting for our trip to town got sidetracked during the night.

From Literature

The U.S. economy got sidetracked in February by tariff-related price increases, sluggish sales and the previous month’s Winter Storm Fern, but top executives were also more optimistic that business will improve later in the year.

From MarketWatch

Ellis says this narrative plays out in the film - Folarin works so much that he becomes "neglectful and sidetracked".

From BBC

She wanted to get it organized and cleared off for me at first but kept getting sidetracked by missing invoices from Birdie’s or notes she’d left herself.

From Literature

A third said they migrated to the U.S. to further their education but got sidetracked as business opportunities arose, and 20% said they had hoped to achieve the American dream through work opportunities.

From Los Angeles Times