Sentence examples for it was detracting from inspiring English sources

Nehemiah thought it was detracting from the attention given Felix's 200-meter title, but even Felix seemed embarrassed.

During the GFC, when private investment fell to such an extent it was detracting 0.9% points from annual GDP growth, public investment spending filled the gap.

"A lot of people were pointing fingers and placing blame, and it was detracting from what we were doing on the football field.

"It was detracting from who I really was".

And although the Goodwin house struck him as handsome, he suggested that the camouflaged door to the rental house, ingenious as it was, detracted from the integrity and candor of the finished work.

I do not support the policy, but I worry that the campaign against it is detracting attention from more significant changes.

Prentis's intervention will increase the pressure on Miliband, whose attempt to change the way unions fund the Labour party has met with widespread hostility among many union activists, who say it is detracting from the real issues.

But while the chest-puffing scenes of Spanish fishing "armadas" facing off against British warships has been good fun from a media point of view, it's detracted from the fact that the real issue surrounding the tension over Gibraltar isn't one of sovereignty at all.

His excuse was that the video "was detracting from the entirety of the exhibition".

He worried that the time commitment was detracting from his important junior year of academics.

I suppose that flashing select resume items for Ms. Rice under her speech was helpful to some viewers, but from my point of view it was distracting, detracting, gratuitous noise that was insulting to educated viewers and disrespectful to the speaker.