distraction

[US]/dɪˈstrækʃn/
[UK]/dɪˈstrækʃn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a thing that prevents someone from giving full attention to something else; amusement or recreation; mental disturbance.

Example Sentences

there are plenty of distractions such as sailing.

The children are driving me to distraction today.

he was driven to distraction by the pain in his shoulder.

There are too many distractions here to work properly.

There are too many distractions in the hotel for me to work properly.

the firm found passenger travel a distraction from the main business of moving freight.

TIM MARLOW: What you are saying to me is absolutely compelling and for our listeners, fortunately they don't have the distraction of a scantly clad girl in the background dancing.

"We have a hard time finding these problems when pregnant women are in a distraction-free, sterile lab environment," says Cuttler.

Distraction osteogenesis could be used for patients with campylorrhachia,dwarfism eccyliosis of spine or those combined with thoracocyllosis and obliquity pelvis.

The Mock Turtle (Alice in Wonderland)","<>","The different branches of Arithmetic -- Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision.

Real-world Examples

Keep your focus and avoid the distractions.

Source: Super Bowl Commercials Compilation

Not necessarily, tablets have too many distractions.

Source: Past English CET-4 Listening Test Questions (with translations)

Migration will help you weed out distractions.

Source: Minimalist Bullet Journaling Method

Tip number three is to embrace, welcome distractions.

Source: Cambridge top student book sharing

Sometimes a boy might be a good distraction?

Source: Modern Family Season 6

I guess some boys are a good distraction.

Source: Modern Family Season 6

They were a welcome distraction from my life.

Source: Sherlock Holmes: The Basic Deduction Method Season 2

I thought it might be a welcome distraction.

Source: newsroom

Yet the focus on Mr Jain is a distraction.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

Subtraction is not just about removing day-to-day distractions.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

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