distracting

Example Sentences

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One of the others is the Brick, that little piece of plastic that has exactly one job—to make my phone stop working in distracting ways—and executes it to perfection.

From Slate • Jun. 10, 2026

And I think mostly that’s because I don’t have this other side of stuff that is distracting me from anything.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Early on, Miller had a hard time distracting her patients.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

The problem, as Babb explained, was that Gamble had posed a danger to drivers by being so visibly distracting.

From Slate • May 4, 2026

One of her tactics for distracting herself from new-school nerves was to try to spot other Book Scavenger users.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman