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Discover LudwigThe phrase "distracted from" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to describe a situation in which someone's attention is diverted away from something. For example, "He was distracted from his work by the sound of the other students talking in the hallway."
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TS Eliot's line "distracted from distraction by distraction" seems apt.
Distraction Radar - Inevitably, you will be distracted from your goals.
Distracted from friendlies, Layla.
— has distracted from its macro pleasures.
"We're so distracted from everything," she said.
Schmidt felt it distracted from their work.
The frame distracted from the picture.
-- he is distracted from his studies.
The economic crisis has also distracted from authentic accomplishments.
Her success kept her wonderfully distracted from everything else.
Top management was distracted from the basic business of carmaking.
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