Sentence examples for altogether distracted from inspiring English sources

If in this view it pleases us, we are tolerably satisfied… if we are doubtful about it, we are often, upon that very account, more anxious to gain their approbation, and … we are altogether distracted at the thoughts of their censure, which then strikes us with double severity (Smith 1982, p. 109).

He ended up killing the segment -- and not in a good way -- as his disrespectful attire was altogether distracting.

It's real!" Working by himself, Levy is free to waste weeks on impractical ideas; to fantasize about the things he'll do if his keyboard makes him rich; to stop working altogether if he's distracted or annoyed.

And soon, self-driving cars could help eliminate distracted driving altogether.

A Monster Calls hits its stride in the third act when it dispenses altogether with the distracting motif, to hone in explicitly on the toll the impending loss will take on Conor.

Sometimes the information is lost altogether, when doctors and patients, distracted by test results and treatment plans, forget to discuss symptoms.

At the beginning, before the boat sets out, we glean that things are not altogether harmonious between them: she is distracted by her work; he is passive-aggressively needy; their sex life seems tepid.

Restlessly striking sexy poses as Eva, Ms. Maris suggests the careless, not-altogether-focused disposition of a predatory creature distracted by her own fresh emotional wounds.

The obvious to solution to distracted driving is to ban driving altogether.

Parker's tremendous outlay on props, costumes and scenery very nearly results in distracting us altogether from the action of the drama.

Hot Cup Chili Pepper 7 had just barreled through a tune called "Turkey Foot Corner" at the Red Hook Jazz Festival on Sunday afternoon when some outside noise piped up, distracting but altogether fitting.