distracted
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And, in keeping: I am distracted by her: her sizable ring, her gorgeous greige blond hair.
From Slate • May 10, 2026
It’s easy to get distracted by hantavirus’s mortality rate, which can reach up to 50%.
From Barron's • May 8, 2026
Don’t get distracted by your own relationship with your son-in-law.
From MarketWatch • May 4, 2026
She agrees that not being able to quickly get hold of her parents would make her feel "stressed and have anxiety" but that she gets "distracted on my phone a lot as well".
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
Even Daniel, distracted as he always was, would have noticed the heavy feeling behind this, but that was the exact moment Alicia rose from her seat and walked up the aisle to the hawk.
From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness
Vocabulary lists containing distracted
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 16–19
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