Read full poem →She saw, and as her marrow took the flame,
Was divers ways distract with love and shame.
Love conquered shame, the furrows dry were burned,
Dictionary Entry
To divert the attention of.
In a Sentence
“The crowd was distracted by a helicopter hovering over the stadium when the only goal of the game was scored.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
attention distract
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Poetry examples for “distract”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →If wary. Let no cry of patriot men
Distract thee from the stern analysis
Of masses who cry only: keep thy kin
Read full poem →imagination--from selfish regrets to vivid recollections" (_Diary_,
December 5, 1813, _Letters_, ii. 361), "to distract his dreams from ..."
(_Diary_, November 16) "for the sake of _employment_" (Letter to Moore,
Read full poem →Groans, weeping friends, indeed, and gloomy sables,
May oft distract us with their sad solemnity:
The preparation is the executioner.