Sentence examples for said distracted from inspiring English sources

"Gloves, I guess," she said, distracted by finals week.

"Fine," I said, distracted by the more pressing problem of where to go on our honeymoon.

"Oh, I don't know," he said, distracted by the soundless flicker of news on his office set.

That is partly because people are driving more, but Mark Rosekind, the chief of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, said distracted driving was "only increasing, unfortunately".

Accidentally substituting the words "of course" for "absolutely" in one performance, he said, distracted him: "I was thinking, 'What did I just say?' " Mr. Parrish said.

These included opening the choir's school to girls last year, giving the children more free time and permitting parents to attend more concerts, something previous directors said distracted choir members.

Pretend, say, that your unhappy friend has said, "Distract me.

She had become the story, not the schools, he said, distracting her staff and the public.

No idea, she says, distracted by a uniformed policeman who wants to buy a mosquito net.

"Oh look," he says, distracted by a piece of long-forgotten studio kit.

Such unsubstantiated gossip, he says, "distracted attention from the contribution which the Prince makes to the lives of so many people in Britain and elsewhere".