Sentence examples for were distracting 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.
Early on, there were distracting pockets of hot and cold.
But days of speculation about the video were distracting.
"A lot of things were distracting me from the boxing game," Witherspoon said.
Elizabeth had woken up by then, though her yawns during the final scenes were distracting.
From Johnson's perspective, the Nittany Lions were distracting themselves from what they do best: run.
Excessive emotion was squeezed out of the process, as were distracting departures and experimentation.
Concerns over the patent cliff, she warned, were distracting investors from the value of other assets.
They don't just want sales, but in fact, there are a host of administrative tasks that were distracting.
You know, 'Rosalinda's Eyes.' That's me," Mrs. Joel said, in a tone that suggested we were distracting her.
His remarks implied that women were distracting in the workplace and that they were too emotional for the academic life.
