Sentence examples for Mildly distracted from inspiring English sources

Jones seems cheery enough on stage – she chats away and teases her partner gently – but Thompson is mildly distracted, perhaps a little tense.

Ravi Bopara's going to have a bowl now, though … 3.16pm GMT 26th over: West Indies 89-4 (Simmons 38, Dwayne Bravo 4) I must say I was mildly distracted by Manchester City scoring two wondergoals in as many minutes at Wembley, but there was plenty going on in Antigua as well, including a run-out chance – Simmons is well in, replays prove – an lbw shout – the ball was going high – and four singles.

Though the quick and obligatory parental call or text was executed, the fluid and subtle nature of their plans escape any tangible oversight from a busy or mildly distracted parent.

"Sometimes you kind of know when you're being recognized," the former Disney actor admitted, "but because I was in the home of the greatest playwright of all time, I was mildly distracted ― more interested in that".

But the projections also proved mildly distracting to the listener and, it seemed, to Mr. Brookshire.

On top of that, its image, which is subject to a number of mildly distracting artifacts, including vertical bars, wavering, and ghosting, falls a bit short of the crisp realism of a real holographic image.

Most are mildly distracting.

But it can also backfire with results that range from mildly distracting to downright disastrous.

He answered my questions in that taciturn, distracted, mildly amused way in which male adolescents talk to anyone significantly older.

My libel case will keep me busy, distracted and mildly depressed for the next two years, but I hope that my spirits will be lifted by the notion that the campaign for libel reform may succeed.

And while a glancing critique of society's wastefulness -- illustrated most vividly by a Dumpster-diving woman with no need for a grocery budget -- is mildly entertaining, it only distracts from the film's greatest asset: Mr. Brown's personality.