distractingly
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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It’s distractingly eclectic but vastly preferable to sci-fi scores that just aim to sound, well, vast.
From Los Angeles Times
The director, who like Mr. Coppola has cast a lead actor who isn’t conventionally handsome, has, also like Mr. Coppola, outfitted him with hair that is somewhere between entrancingly marvelous and distractingly ridiculous.
The result is a memoir that is poignant without being distractingly ornate.
From Los Angeles Times
Hopper has a distractingly long beard.
From Los Angeles Times
Setting aside these and a handful of other distractingly discordant objects, “Ministry” is a testament to the power art has to heal, not just emotionally but spiritually.
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