Sentence examples for distracted like from inspiring English sources

You can't get distracted like that.

Pickpockets working alone look for people who are naturally distracted, like wide-eyed tourists and overloaded holiday shoppers.

Thanks to Harry Low. 2) Before the Headingley Test this month I had never heard of or seen a batsman complaining he had been distracted like this.

When a knight approaches Jaime on the ramparts and tells him that the Blackfish died fighting, Jaime nods, distracted, like he's got something on his mind.

She's behind "Bad Liar," by Selena Gomez, which uses the bass line from the Talking Heads' "Psycho Killer" as a foundation for Gomez to tap dance all over; Gomez sounds cute and distracted, like she's talking to herself.

To break through the media clutter that is also distracted like the dog in the film Up that became frozen every time someone said "squirrel" requires a concerted effort to engage people and get them to think about the tough decisions that have to be made.

The natural light admitted by these apertures is distracting, like glare penetrating a darkened room from a partly cracked-open door.

If the person you want to distract likes to read, they will pick up a book at least a few hours a month, instead of doing work.

His strutting appearance was distracting, like a gaudy stage set.

Their indirect language distracts like a magician's patter.

The effect is distracting, like a heartfelt and tender eulogy being read out by a pantomime dame who keeps flashing her sequined bloomers and shooting fireworks out of her wig.