Sentence examples for distracted into from inspiring English sources

Her voice keeps switching registers and tonal filters, until we're distracted into a puzzled stasis.

I think he gets distracted into other kinds of understandings about what he thinks is happening.

I was writing "Travesties" at the time, and I didn't want to be distracted into thinking about some band's album.

Mac decided he wanted to be a comedian, he says, when he saw his mother, who was sobbing one afternoon, distracted into chuckles by a comic on TV.

Hardly any campaign signs heralded his arrival, no scrum of supporters followed him around, and he was easily distracted into chats with nonvoters, like a discussion about African politics with a group of visiting women resplendent in their colorful native dresses.

More than one company has been distracted into disaster by chasing fads.

In a memorable bedroom scene, Allison tries to tempt a distracted Alvy into having sex.

Able to come through in the clutch, Shumpert distracted Rose into an 8-of-26 shooting performance in the Knicks' thrilling 100-99 EaSundayunday victory over the Bulls.

This year, the magnitude of the first anniversary eclipsed the Sept. 10 primary, leaving candidates to crab-walk awkwardly around the subject, agonize over the appropriateness of campaign advertising and coax a distracted public into voting with the argument that it is the most effective way to display patriotism.

Me saying I was distracted turned into this massive thing that me and Novak had some issue with each other, which is certainly not the case, and we never have in the 15 years that we've known each other.

The story got remarkable attention, and although I have no idea whether the driver should have gotten a ticket, I'm glad that it brought the issue of distracted driving into discussion.