How to Use distraction in a Sentence

distraction

noun

• It was hard to work with so many distractions.
• A weekend at the beach was a good distraction from her troubles.
• One of them created a distraction while the other grabbed the money.
• Their endless chatter drove her to distraction.
• The job now more often is one based more on distraction, puck-tipping and general nuisance making.
  — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Nov. 2022
• To combat distractions, use time blocking and stagger thinking time within teams.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
• That can be a beautiful and/or stressful time for many of us, but television can be both unifier and distraction.
  — Bethonie Butler, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2022
• Other passengers just need distraction, and speaking to flight attendants might help.
  — CNN, 23 Nov. 2022
• Its retro charm offers a delicious distraction from modern chaos, proving that nostalgia not only sells but soothes.
  — Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
• Erickson said the focus on the issue of sexuality has been a distraction from the mission of the church.
  — al, 22 Nov. 2022
• Musk won the defamation lawsuit filed against him by the rescuer, but paid a price in distraction and reputation for his unjustified slur.
  — Steven Levy, WIRED, 18 Nov. 2022
• Martin suggests harnessing the power of distraction, since merely interrupting a self-critical thought can often shut it down.
  — Katie Arnold-Ratliff, SELF, 29 Nov. 2022
• Others are drowning distractions by hitting the mute button on every social media outlet and for all notifications on their devices' settings.
  — Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 6 Nov. 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
• There are so many distractions there and these poor kids have to deal with it.
  — Carol Cain, Detroit Free Press, 22 Mar. 2023
• Wait for your most creative time of the day, and turn off any distractions.
  — Shelby Wax, Vogue, 16 Feb. 2024
• The adults thought a trick-or-treating trip would be a good distraction.
  — Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
• The toys are a distraction, Roberts said, and help put kids at ease before surgery.
  — Freep.com, 4 June 2023
• Outside of the library of distractions, there’s the main game mode.
  — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2024
• Every distraction takes you [away from the] focus and the process.
  — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Aug. 2024
• 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
• You’re invited to slow down amid all the distractions of the day and focus on one thing.
  — Greg Borowski, Journal Sentinel, 3 May 2024
• With plenty still to do between now and then, the last thing Freeze wants is a distraction.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 2 Feb. 2023
• And that’s a nice way to work, having the independence and the lack of distractions in the studio.
  — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 6 May 2024
• But will this new flame become a distraction to his work?
  — Alex Ross, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2024
• The very act of climbing this mountain was a distraction.
  — Heather Greenwood Davis, Travel + Leisure, 26 Aug. 2023
• Despite all the off-field distractions, Travis has kept his play on the field going strong.
  — David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
• Both are watchable distractions, even if the sequel feels a little thin in places.
  — Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 21 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 11 Dec 2024