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Example sentences for: distractions

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An editorial in the Jerusalem Post compared the impeachment in the United States with Israel's current political turmoil and said that "[I]n both nations, people are getting frustrated with political systems that have become obsessed with themselves, and wish that what they see as unseemly distractions will be quickly over."
It also becomes very busy in the middle of the day so arrive early if you want to contemplate the site with few distractions.
He can ill afford the politically motivated distractions posed by Jones and others.
The nearby towns of Montalcino (known for its Brunello wines) and Pienza (the first example of Renaissance urban planning) promise small-town distractions and culinary pleasures.
Our presidents and prime ministers have never had such problems, partly because they are almost always Christian Democrats, or at any rate very Catholic, at least in words, and partly because they are almost always ugly and old and shadowed by energetic wives who do not permit them any distractions, or they are widowers pledged to chastity."