- present participle of distract.
distracting
Example Sentences
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The sets have too many doors, the scenes have a delirious number of extras and the actors yell their lines over the distracting clatter of crackling fireplaces, beeping machines and ticking clocks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
Owens herself manages to do a bang-up job of distracting people from the way she doesn’t practice what she preaches.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
The Briton wore ear plugs during each change of ends, just as he did at Wimbledon to maintain his focus and block out any distracting noise.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
One of the most distracting things about “Spa Weekend” is its uncanny geography.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
The geese furiously flapped and pecked and wrapped their wings around the robot faces, clinging to the RECOs like feathery masks, distracting them, blinding them.
From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown
