distracted

Example Sentences

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Which she endeavors to do, albeit in a remarkably distracted fashion.

From The Wall Street Journal

It typically only allows one or two flights each hour to ensure air-traffic controllers aren’t distracted, and has shelters installed at regular intervals along the tarmac.

From The Wall Street Journal

The top executives of soccer’s world governing body were sitting inside a castle in South Wales last weekend when they suddenly became distracted by their buzzing phones.

From The Wall Street Journal

He also said there was "a risk" Ukraine's allies could be distracted by the conflict, and forget his country's defence against Russia's full-scale invasion.

From BBC

“It’s not that— It’s—” How could I explain that I’d gotten distracted by his hat without making everything worse?

From Literature