Sentence examples for main distractions from inspiring English sources

Brashness and volume are offered as the main distractions from improbable goings-on, and the endorsement of Howard Marks tells you what to expect: a kippered romp, all cynical veneer and knockabout.

Vodka became a main distraction.

Fishing boats are the main distraction in these impossibly clear waters.

But the bed with the person in it was off-putting .- Wendy "The main distractioff-putting .-

For the 1,000 people polled, gossip about social lives was the main distraction at work, closely followed by general banter.

The main distraction to this fleshy family portrait is an ill-fitting rom-com subplot apparently intended to lighten things up a bit.

The main distraction this year was the issue of drugs and the testimony by active or recently retired players that they, and many of their teammates, had been habitual users of cocaine.

The bread is now lacking in Spain, which puts the onus on the circus — in other words soccer — to provide the main distraction from the daily hardship of a recession.

Afterward, the winner, Victoria Azarenka, whose high-decibel grunts were not the main distraction for a change, said, "As a player, we would all like to have a bit of respect and quietness".

While the Mets played their way to a series split in Cincinnati and back into a first-place tie in the National League East, the weekend's main distraction played out at Pedro Martínez's locker.

And partly it's because during Mr. Waterston's long, raspy rant in the second act, when he falsely thinks his daughter is a tramp, the main distraction is not that he's talking about his real-life daughter; it's that it looks as if he might explode or spontaneously combust at any moment in the summer heat (3:00).