At least three (Man) Booker Prize winners I've spoken to all independently complained that the publicity tours and events they were thereafter forced to embark upon distracted them hugely from their work – think, for example, how delayed Hilary Mantel has been in finishing her Cromwell trilogy. .
Only 18 weeks old, Richie's puppy, Pinky, jumped in and distracted the bees upon seeing the boy in distress.
Like Nyborg's, her personal life has sometimes intruded in distracting ways upon her professional one: Does she wear too much Gucci?
To the role of Selina Meyer she brings the full battery of her art: she throws fits, she gets distracted, she is swarmed upon by multiplying humiliations.
A detective, Kevin Rivera, testified that he came upon a distracted Mr. Byas staggering on St. Nicholas Avenue protesting that he had nothing to do with the attack on Mr. Parks.
In the end, Clement, who is ranked 37th in the world, seized upon Agassi's distracted performance on his way to a straight-set upset of the Open's top-seeded player, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.
And perhaps the real answer to that critical last question might be this: That the largest effect of 9/11 upon America is that it became distracted.
The developers claimed to avoid the use of quick time events during combat, stating that they distracted the player from the action, but the game relies heavily upon them, requiring their use for nearly every engagement.
On top of being distracted, we're exposed to 4,000 to 10,000 ads daily, creating layers upon layers of clutter for brands to break through.
Upon reaching the number one handicap hole, the 10th, you may be distracted by the Lodge at Primland rising on your right, a beautifully scaled 26-room gem built from recycled barn wood and locally hewn stone.
