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Sentence count:95+3Posted:2016-07-21Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: confusedisturbdivertAntonym: attractSimilar words: abstractattractcontractdistressdistrictcontractorattractionattractiveMeaning: [dɪ'strækt]  v. 1. draw someone's attention away from something 2. disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed. 
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31. Aunt Margaret glanced round for something with which to distract her and darted to the corner where the cage was.
32. The babysitter would try to distract Hannah while they sneaked out the door to work.
33. It may also distract its members from the present quagmire with legends of a storied past or promises of an ecstatic future.
34. He gestures at the building behind him, as if trying to distract the animal's attention.
35. If the area concerned is not suitable, you should try to distract their attention elsewhere.
36. And the missing cash would distract their attention from the big electronic transfers.
37. Nomatterwhat she did to distract herself, his dark penetrating eyes lingered in her memory as though they'd been branded there.
38. The Catholic Church is actively promoting the celebrations as a way to strengthen family and community ties and distract kids from gangs.
39. I was trying to distract people from the craziness in which we live; and definitely not point the finger at it.
40. As of late 1992 the group had built about a dozen demo homes to distract reporters and garner investments.
41. Always the perfect aide, Serrigny tried to distract him with Rabelaisian reminiscences from army life of twenty years ago.
42. She plunged deeply into work to try and distract herself.
43. Instead, distract your child's attention from the buckles by fitting a play tray over the top.
44. Combine roses with earlier or later flowering plants, and with evergreens to distract attention from their leafless stems in winter.
45. But her annoyance over the pictures could not distract Catherine from her latest - and biggest - ambition.
46. I hoped that it would distract his mind from his problems at work.
47. His clumsy attempt to distract her attention was all the warning she needed.
48. It becomes heavy work to distract Harriet from brooding about lost Elton.
49. It would certainly distract the attention of the powerful commercial groups that are about to join battle over cable television networks.
50. Remember that you will put your job at risk if you allow your partner to distract you at work.
51. The authorities are said to take the view that the Gulf war will distract attention from civilian casualties in Jaffna.
52. But these flourishes never distract from the droll human dramas that Wong has so astutely and amusingly worked out.
53. I decided to try to ignore it as I did not want anything to distract me from my purpose.
54. Many experienced speakers mar their conversations as well as their orations with a profusion of ums and ers which distract attention.
54. Sentencedict.com try its best to gather and build good sentences.
55. A plot should always be strong enough to distract you from hats.
56. Rachel could have brought the snow in and let it melt soas to distract attention from herself.
57. If he walked fast he was too aware of trying to distract himself.
58. Michaelis made a clumsy attempt to distract him.
59. Don't distract my attention.
60. Still nothing much can distract visitors from the sheer awe of seeing this waterfall at the Iguazu National Park, which was established in 1934 and declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984.
More similar words: abstractattractcontractdistressdistrictcontractorattractionattractivedistributedistributioncharacteristicadministratoradministrativeadministrationtracktraceinteractfractionpracticepracticaltrack downin practicepracticallydistantdisturbdistinctstraininteractionpractitionerdistance
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