Definition of distracting in English:
distracting
adjectivedɪˈstraktɪŋdəsˈtræktɪŋ
Preventing concentration or diverting attention; disturbing.
she found his nearness distracting
Example sentencesExamples
- Becoming overly upset about a single ball can be very distracting.
- The color of your clothes or the paint on your buckler can be equally distracting.
- The use of shadows in particular is enchanting without being distracting.
- Oddly, none of the other images are felt to be equally distracting.
- There is some softness to the image that becomes a bit distracting at times.
- I found the guitar accompaniment was often distracting from the lyrics.
- Edge effects are present from time to time, but they are not distracting.
- Even with the sound turned off, television is distracting.
- Unfortunately, that distracting arrow follows you around like a Labrador puppy.
- This is partly due to the fact that the proposition is not distracting.
- I found working in Great Britain very distracting.
- One could imagine that the light from the displays would be distracting to others in the audience.
- Second, some of the fonts encountered are more distracting than useful.
- I am concerned that reading during a procedure is distracting.
- She prefers the silence and solitude of the field to the distracting quick pace of urban living.
- The very loud conversation going on next to me is very distracting.
- Having lots of other stuff in the background is distracting.
- Miss Elizabeth Bennet was far too distracting to be allowed to remain at Netherfield.
- I think the audience finds it a distracting piece of information.
- At my last work I shared an office with four people and I didn't find them distracting at all.
Derivatives
adverb
as submodifier some of my classmates are distractingly pretty
Example sentencesExamples
- Seated halfway back in the stalls, I thought the harpsichord sounded distractingly amplified.
- The left side was dominated by a towel hung distractingly askew.
- Then there is the rather jolly, leafy foliage that sprouts so distractingly from the top of the tubes.
- It is distractingly bright, however, and the south polar cap is becoming difficult to spot.
- In his early forties, Martin is a wiry and capable - looking man, with one distractingly snow-white eyebrow.
Definition of distracting in US English:
distracting
adjectivedəsˈtræktɪŋdəsˈtraktiNG
Preventing concentration or diverting attention; disturbing.
she found his nearness distracting
Example sentencesExamples
- The very loud conversation going on next to me is very distracting.
- She prefers the silence and solitude of the field to the distracting quick pace of urban living.
- Even with the sound turned off, television is distracting.
- I think the audience finds it a distracting piece of information.
- I am concerned that reading during a procedure is distracting.
- The use of shadows in particular is enchanting without being distracting.
- Miss Elizabeth Bennet was far too distracting to be allowed to remain at Netherfield.
- Unfortunately, that distracting arrow follows you around like a Labrador puppy.
- Having lots of other stuff in the background is distracting.
- One could imagine that the light from the displays would be distracting to others in the audience.
- I found working in Great Britain very distracting.
- The color of your clothes or the paint on your buckler can be equally distracting.
- At my last work I shared an office with four people and I didn't find them distracting at all.
- I found the guitar accompaniment was often distracting from the lyrics.
- Becoming overly upset about a single ball can be very distracting.
- There is some softness to the image that becomes a bit distracting at times.
- Second, some of the fonts encountered are more distracting than useful.
- Edge effects are present from time to time, but they are not distracting.
- Oddly, none of the other images are felt to be equally distracting.
- This is partly due to the fact that the proposition is not distracting.