How to Use distraction in a Sentence

distraction

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  • A weekend at the beach was a good distraction from her troubles.
  • One of them created a distraction while the other grabbed the money.
  • But getting caught up in this argument is a bit of a distraction.
    — Tejal Rao, New York Times, 18 May 2024
  • That’s another distraction from play, which is supposed to be the basis of sports.
    — Lz Granderson, The Mercury News, 16 May 2024
  • Rage and grief are often resolved by screen distraction instead of real coping.
    — Kendra Thomas, TIME, 5 June 2024
  • Indeed, viewers will have plenty of reasons to want to watch without distraction.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 24 July 2024
  • Now is an excellent time to get in touch with your soul and the universe — without all the distractions and stresses of the world around you.
    — Tarot.com, Orlando Sentinel, 29 July 2024
  • This requires extreme focus and the ability to blur out distractions that younger athletes may not have faced.
    — Julia Konner, New York Daily News, 28 July 2024
  • Ultimately, Ward declared all the con side arguments to be a distraction from the main point of his bill.
    — Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 30 May 2024
  • Chiefs coach Andy Reid was asked last week whether he was frustrated with the number of off-field distractions in recent months.
    — Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 29 May 2024
  • But the focus on Mexico has been a distraction from Texas’s own water issues.
    — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 13 June 2024
  • Within seconds, the app removes them and replaces them with something that matches and blends with the surroundings, as if those distractions were not in the picture.
    — Prakash Sangam, USA TODAY, 21 May 2024
  • Ohtani’s ability to distance himself from the potential distraction of betrayal and scandal and the seismic changes in his life over the past few months is nothing short of remarkable.
    — Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 15 May 2024
  • The bill should also encourage peer counseling and other resources to deal with distractions, cyberbullying, mental health and other problems linked to smart phone use.
    — Larry Magid, The Mercury News, 25 July 2024
  • That’s a distraction from the greater magic of that night.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2024
  • One day, her brothers forced her to leave the house and go to the gym as a healthy distraction.
    — Susan Young, Peoplemag, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Wait for your most creative time of the day, and turn off any distractions.
    — Shelby Wax, Vogue, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The toys are a distraction, Roberts said, and help put kids at ease before surgery.
    — Freep.com, 4 June 2023
  • There’s tours going around the building and there’s a lot of distractions.
    — Clarence E. Hill Jr., Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Jan. 2024
  • There’s a time—a moment in the process—for distraction, and a time to put distraction away.
    — James Parker, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2024
  • The very act of climbing this mountain was a distraction.
    — Heather Greenwood Davis, Travel + Leisure, 26 Aug. 2023
  • What’s the best way to manage distractions while studying for the CPA exam?
    — Bryce Welker, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Dressing up one focal point in the room can have more impact that lots of distractions here and there.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 2 Oct. 2023
  • All of which served as excellent distractions from the dumpster fire that is life on Earth in 2023.
    — Amy Phillips, Pitchfork, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Speaking to reporters after the win, Mulkey said the profile was not a distraction.
    — Kevin Dotson, CNN, 30 Mar. 2024
  • The president has called the pushback against him a distraction.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 9 July 2024
  • Can San Diego, with its multitude of coastal distractions, prop up a top-tier sports league?
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2023
  • The lack of distraction that comes with being unconnected to the depths of the internet.
    — cincinnati.com, 10 May 2023
  • Finally, there are a ton of distractions during the day.
    — Julia Ries, SELF, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Lauren Goode: How much of this is a distraction from the threat of regulation?
    — Michael Calore, WIRED, 20 July 2023

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