Sentence examples for In distraction from inspiring English sources

It was an exercise in distraction.

Most of the Gaga generation, however, is interested in distraction as an end in itself.

They should help us achieve states of extreme concentration and focus, not aid in distraction.

"Everything else are exercises in distraction and diversion," the statement said.

And the Patriots, perhaps more than any organization in professional sports, do not deal in distraction, major or minor.

Benjamin called the process "reception in distraction," meaning that the masses can internalize, say, Chaplin's images of a mechanized dehumanization and begin to question the rules of society.

"It is inexcusable and irresponsible to get bogged down in distraction and delay while millions of Americans are being put out of work," he said.

His impatience grew as the Senate dickered over the plan before reaching an accord Friday night: "It is inexcusable and irresponsible to get bogged down in distraction and delay while millions of Americans are being put out of work".

He points up the artistry with which the vain and self-doubting Boswell -- foundering in distraction, compulsive drinking and sex, and the dreadful mess he made of his life -- wrote his biography.

All the harassment and the tub-thumping, the misleading of Rachel Nickell's family and the denigration by the judge was in vain; a vast exercise in distraction left the real killer free to commit other crimes.

The built-in distraction of wanting to puzzle out which historical figures are represented is now compounded by an urge to determine who might be missing from previous outings, and who might be new.