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Meanings of distract in English
Synonyms
Examples for "divert"
Examples for "divert"
1
Such programmes divert public money from essential investment in health and education.
2
I couldn't believe it possible, actually managing to divert a launched bombardment.
3
Hood knew better than to ask Parangosky why she needed to divert.
4
More importantly, they divert important taxpayer money away from other vital areas.
5
He began to divert funds as early as 2000, the SEC said.
1
Government officials, seeking to deflect attention, turned down a chance to comment.
2
At that moment I hadn't the energy to deflect talk of cohabitation.
3
Nothing can deflect the moral weight which Banks brings to the story.
4
Markets expect further action in 2014, something Draghi did nothing to deflect.
5
You know the ones, the small ones that deflect things from above.
Usage of distract in English
1
Emphasising individual responsibility doesn't need to distract from corporate and federal responsibility.
2
Every news cycle tells the other story: women's short skirts distract men.
3
Rags were often used to help facilitate feeding and distract the baby.
4
Long enough to distract them from the real problems they were facing.
5
Political leaders could use it to distract people from their economic mismanagement.
6
He wanted to distract her; he didn't want her thinking about Palamedes.
7
It's possible that some incoming information will distract you from the here-and-now.
8
Video games can also distract, depress, have a negative impact on health.
9
Just got to not worry, not try to let anything distract us.
10
I believe the real reason was to distract me from his absence.
11
However, the novelty of his surroundings didn't distract Gregg from his job.
12
ISIS won't distract you from the new Miguel's comments about Frank Ocean.
13
Cezar was careful to remain utterly still, not wanting to distract her.
14
I decide not to let it distract me, at least not now.
15
She says fame and attention do not distract or even interest her.
16
We use children, she suggests, to distract ourselves from our spiritual deficiencies.
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Distract through the time
Distract across language varieties
United States of America
Common
Australia
Common
Ireland
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