Distract in a sentence

A conference would distract the people from punishing a bumbling ruling party.

Adam wrote back, “Distract yourself by fucking with me!

After the sex tape started making the rounds, some people thought it was a tactic to distract the public from her comments Trump.

All of which does not distract from the fact that for most of his career, Odier has been first and foremost a discreet and loyal counsellor to the world’s very, very rich.

As suspected, as soon as the word 'trans' came up, gun rights advocates have used it to distract from the actual issue, which is that there are far too many guns in the United States, and they are readily, easily and cheaply available to basically anyone.

Authorities are being vigilant to ensure that a “casserolade” or the loud banging of pots and pans in protest will not distract from the memorial ceremonies.

Being in front of an appreciative audience or sending out more screeds online, attacking people or hiring more lawyers are Trump's ways of trying to feel alive and to distract himself from the reality of the situation.

But don’t let sometimes lacking visuals distract you from great storytelling.

But, don’t let this moment distract you from the fact that Black coaches are still getting a raw deal at a time in which Black quarterbacks are being elevated like never before.

But I feel like drag right now is being used as a political thing to divide and distract people.

But this recent news shouldn’t distract investors from the bigger picture.

But when it comes to payment via debit or credit card, the store owners distract the buyers while they either clone their card or charge a far higher fee than agreed.

But, when the bubble does burst, those proprietors try to distract from or delay the inevitable, perhaps even placing high-risk outside bets to revive the game and save face.

Corruption is 100 per cent an issue on the ground, but the Congress is raising it to distract people from its own record of 60 years, floating this canard of 40 per cent commission.

Even the most bizarre turns never distract us from how deeply we end up feeling about this weird little kid and his surly new father figure out in the New Zealand bush.

Even though it sounds just like more opponents to fight, this can actually be a blessing, as they will oftentimes distract Rick, and he will stop going after Shane to fight them off - this is the best time to strike.

Eventually, we distract Saltonstall by getting him talking about Chirikof.

Goblins can be utilized to distract enemy defenses and draw their fireplace away from extra precious attacking models.

Granted, I understand why Republicans are trying to pin the blame on Democrats: They need something to distract from their party’s dysfunction.

He gets MJF up for the One Winged Angel…damn it, here comes Don Callis to distract him.