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 | Tgreen@al.com, 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
  • These distractions have impacted short trips and your ability to fulfil a busy schedule of appointments and errands.
    Georgia Nicols, The Denver Post, 14 Mar. 2025
  • How the result might be a sense of community or camaraderie or accomplishment or freedom or merely a moment of distraction, something to while away the hours.
    Vogue, 14 Mar. 2025

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