Example Sentences

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But this couldn’t be chalked up to an impaired or distracted driver.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2025

Data shows a 12% rise in fatal crashes involving at least one distracted driver, with 3,522 people killed.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 3, 2023

Vinterberg dedicated the victory to his daughter Ida, who was killed by a distracted driver shortly after production began.

From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2021

Centers for Disease Control boils that down further: Each day nine people are killed in the U.S. and more than 1,000 are injured in crashes involving a distracted driver.

From Washington Times • May 22, 2019

Although she lives in a region largely defined by the automobile, she doesn’t like driving, in part because she’s a distracted driver herself.

From Washington Post • Dec. 4, 2018