distracting

Example Sentences

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She had been using the device in class for months, but only after Lev had the principal send it home did he see how distracting it was.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 21, 2026

They have what few candidates get: the opportunity to be unhinged and distracting in the opposite direction of someone like RFK Jr.

From Slate • Jun. 18, 2026

The goal is to make the tinnitus less distracting.

From Science Daily • 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

“That is what I suspect the baroness has been told to do. Create one distracting uproar after another.”

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood