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.
• 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
• Wait for your most creative time of the day, and turn off any distractions.
  — Shelby Wax, Vogue, 2 Feb. 2025
• 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
• Smith becomes a major distraction to the Ravens over the next 10 weeks.
  — Dan Wiederer, Baltimore Sun, 1 Nov. 2022
• 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
• Lots of angles are available to make sure that the distraction keeps rolling and trolling along.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 10 July 2022
• 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
• What’s the best way to manage distractions while studying for the CPA exam?
  — Bryce Welker, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2024
• Crosswords are a fun distraction from the day’s news and keep your brain working.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 1 July 2022
• Or even over six months with a warm and welcome distraction.
  — Wayne and Wanda, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Aug. 2022
• The cost-cutting shift was welcomed by some who saw the floats as a distraction and dismissed by those who loved the pageantry.
  — Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2022
• The Browns should do the same for Mayfield and not invite the distraction of having him around for minicamp.
  — cleveland, 6 June 2022
• But Ukrainians don't always have the option to avoid distractions.
  — Ross Peleh, NPR, 5 Apr. 2025
• In other words, the moment of focus on a specific spot allowed the brain to process the task while blocking out any distractions.
  — Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025