| The distraction is rooted in acedia, the ancient soul-scourge about which the church fathers knew and wrote so much. |
| Have you never been driven to distraction by a grasping building contractor? |
| I approach his back and sing louder, incorporating various distraction techniques like jazz hands and bump-grind. |
| Those sailors not hosting visitors had a number of other distractions, including sports fixtures and a community project. |
| The tight, slick production makes this easily playable at high volume without many gimmicky distractions. |
| The little distractions and diversions that once seemed to add to the richness of the texture now feel like unfocused rambling. |
