They distract from the subject.
They distract the world, in other words.
They distract us with arguments about the word terrorism.
They distract other fish from their migration patterns by Twittering incessantly.
They distract from the plants; stick to a well-placed urn.
They distract our attention from him, the significance of his visit and the city's ascending role as a world player.
They distract from our own responsibility for causing some of the problems by our presence and the policies we pursued".
They distract the worried boy with the elaborate story of Mom's broken arm, until the vet is ready for them.
They distract us from the real enemy: the right-wing extremist Confederate flag-waving Republicans who are trying to role back the progress that we have made.
They distract the folks in the flyover, and are also known as twisters, which remind voters everywhere of Romney's pretzel of disparate positions over the course of his political career or, for that matter, the last five minutes.
They distract you from the perils of inactivity.
