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.
• New moms just don’t have the distraction of a babbling baby taking-up brain space in a lab setting.
  — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 8 Feb. 2023
• Fresh off a breakup at the time, weight training offered a welcome distraction and the prospect of a revenge body.
  — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2024
• The district attorney's office brushed off the motion, calling it a distraction.
  — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 7 Feb. 2023
• Some in the party strongly support it, while others see it as a distraction from the party’s main goal: independence.
  — Jill Lawless, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Feb. 2023
• Several said keeping her as a consultant for 60 days would provide no value to the district and could be a distraction.
  — Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2023
• The series follow group of singles looking for love who choose someone to marry without ever meeting them face-to-face and no outside distractions.
  — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2024
• Watching a film in a theater, free of smartphones, sunlight, and other distractions, can be a hypnotic experience.
  — Fran Hoepfner, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2024
• And never, never, take on any task on Capitol Hill that will be a distraction from a single-minded quest for electoral victory.
  — Kathryn Hardison, WSJ, 9 Feb. 2023
• My arrogance and chronic distraction has created wreckage.
  — Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 3 Oct. 2024
• The reality is that, for an undisciplined person, every environment can be a distraction.
  — Amanda Richardson, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023
• However, device access should be restricted during learning time to prevent distractions.
  — Hanna Kang, Orange County Register, 4 Oct. 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 toys are a distraction, Roberts said, and help put kids at ease before surgery.
  — Freep.com, 4 June 2023
• 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
• 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
• What’s the best way to manage distractions while studying for the CPA exam?
  — Bryce Welker, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2024
• Sometimes a visual can be a distraction from the quality of the voice and the music.
  — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2024
• Dressing up one focal point in the room can have more impact that lots of distractions here and there.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 2 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 24 Oct 2024