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How to use distract in a sentence

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I chose a short lacy dress that had a flare to the skirt section, so that hopefully this would distract from my tummy.
This was a man who had no intention of allowing any error to distract from his all-important evidence in defence of the Government.
Some were suggesting that his interest was overblown to distract attention from the company's poor trading statement.
The people, however, provided enough colour in the way they dressed to distract my attention from the rundown streets.
There is always a danger that new hi-tech systems will distract attention and divert energies from effective policing.
Milling over the thought too much would distract my attention so I averted myself back to the problem at hand.
Not even the beautiful scenery flashing past the windows of the truck could distract his thoughts.
While small, the errors do distract from an otherwise meticulously researched book.
They rhythmically clapped in an attempt to distract and drown out the speakers.
So, we shouldn't allow this subtle linkage to Gilgamesh to distract from a proper consideration of paleosols.
I think I wanted a TV to distract me from the fact I was breathing, not living!
It's an evolutionary trick to distract the pursuer, much as lizards lose their tails.
There's some meanies trying to get into the bridge while their buddies here distract you guys!
It is seen only in brief flashes, possibly to distract from the fact it looks rubbery.
The plot is so ludicrously convoluted that the actors really need to work to distract us from it.
To distract myself from the wait for Elle to deliver, I had cooked them the same fruited breads and baked sausages that I served the soldiers.
I averted my eyes from the television, trying desperately to distract myself.
There are many things that can distract a driver, and kids and pets mucking up in the backseat is a classic.
In his prime he was very handsome, but dressed down as if he feared any sartorial display would distract from his teaching.
It will be interesting to see who gets what in the jobs carve-up, but that won't distract from the terrible financials.
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Examples from Classical Literature
The novelty of unfamiliar surroundings will distract you from being inner-directed, which is therapeutically important.
We'll turn the piano so that seeing how the pedalling is done won't distract their attention from the music.
I do not want to distract his mind from his lessons, and I wish to be quite sure first.
He needed some concrete occupation to distract him from a joy which verged on delirium.
It serves always to distract the public councils and enfeeble the public administration.
To distract attention, to put people's minds on useless or bewildering projects is a bit of sabotage, in a total war.
He hoped to distract her from such grief over her predicament.
And then Steve Yerden is enough to distract a leather-man, any way.
He sought to distract himself by a tour in Franconian Switzerland.
I'm troubled a bit by the terseness, the awkward grammar and the punctuation, all of which distract me.
As long as there is plenty of flimflam to distract the viewer.
He strove to distract his mind by talking, but in the middle of his words a spatter of rain against the window would make him start.
Nor did the sounds I made distract Them from the enthusiasm of Their concupiscent offices that afternoon.
I cannot agree with Mahan that this was intended only to distract us.
Recently so many things had arisen to distract her attention.
Lachesis Opinionated, jealous, Uses wit to distract suspicious and attention from their mistrustful.
For hours we would devise tricks to anger and distract him, for he looked extremely ridiculous when he was angry, and so diverted us the more.
And I needed to distract both my mind and my stomach from what lay ahead later that night on board the Au Fil des Douceurs boat.
The night was so quite and airless that there was not the faintest rustle among the leaves in the garden beneath me to distract my attention.
With an effort, recovering, she sought to distract the girl.
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