Sentence examples for were distracted from inspiring English sources
verb
To divert the attention of.
- The crowd was distracted by a helicopter hovering over the stadium when the only goal of the game was scored.
Passersby were distracted, too.
The parties were distracted, too.
Yet if the Jets were distracted against the Dolphins, they were distracted in a good way.
The specimens were distracted to a gap of 1.5 mm.
Certainly, after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, journalists were distracted.
However, the forecasters were distracted from the base rate and misinterpreted the information available to them.
Those who interacted with the researchers were distracted from eating but still aware of their hunger.
In those accidents, 294 of the drivers were distracted and 45 were using mobile phones.
If needed, they may subpoena phone records of crew members to determine whether they were distracted.
Beckham would have been forgiven if he were distracted in the early going Sunday.
