Example Sentences

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Yet I liked those distracting kids — I liked the life and the mess — and I like watching a director go full-gusto as he builds his universe.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

“We don't want anything too distracting to pull your eye away,” Gemmill says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

This is where Howe has previously come into his own, and Hopkinson maintained "we are not distracting ourselves with speculation about what we may or may not do in the summer".

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

It can be loud and distracting and obnoxious.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

He had probably saved her life by distracting Old Fred while she ran with the painting.

From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett