Distracted

Examples

• His face became a little distracted. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• In the first instant of alighting, Mrs. Sparsit turned her distracted eyes towards the waiting coaches, which were in great request. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Not in a land of war and blood, surrounded by hostile neighbours, and distracted by internal factions, can Israel hope to rest during her wanderings. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• He was unable, however, to make his way in, and the maids were too distracted with fear to be of any assistance to him. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• But we have so little time to make so much of, and I have come so far, and am altogether so devoted, and distracted. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• These smearings and scratchings, washings and dashings, being duly performed, the next ceremonial is to cleanse and replace the distracted furniture. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• It had been well, if such vain terrors could have distracted our thoughts from more tangible evils. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Why, I must go distracted for life, if I turned jealous of every one who used to find my wife beautiful and winning! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• This distracted country has lost its senses in many respects, I grieve to say, but-- It is not so mad as that. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• His life has neither law nor order; and this distracted existence he terms joy and bliss and freedom; and so he goes on. Plato. The Republic.
• I was so afraid, you know, that something would happen to put it off, and then I should have gone quite distracted. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• The Palais Royale is a heavenly place, so full of _bijouterie_ and lovely things that I'm nearly distracted because I can't buy them. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• At times there were separate emperors ruling in different parts of the distracted empire. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Receiving no answer, he tore his hair, and beat his feet upon the ground, like a distracted child. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• I rambled on, oppressed, distracted by painful emotions--suddenly I found myself before Drury Lane Theatre. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• It had distracted him to struggle blindly through the maze of darkness. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• So that, in short, I was quite distracted, and raved about the drawing-room. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• The children were easily distracted, and again returned to their prospect of future amusement. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• I shall go distracted. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Russia, it is true, had been recovering since 1906, but only very slowly; France was distracted by financial scandals. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It distracted my attention from the terrible thoughts that had been occupying my entire mind. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• I am so distracted with fear and hope for our precious creatures, said Miss Pross, wildly crying, that I am incapable of forming any plan. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Owing to her baby, who somewhat impeded Thomasin's view forward and distracted her mind, she did at last lose the track. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• I hope she is, my dear man, cried the distracted Miss Pross, and I hope she finds it answering her expectations. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• The Silverton affair is in the acute stage: it's necessary that George's attention should be pretty continuously distracted. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Everywhere else the mind is distracted and misled by false valuations and false perspectives. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• At this latter proceeding, the weaker half of the human family went distracted on the spot. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• At first her uncle was stark distracted. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• I saw him do it now, and thought I was going distracted, when his action brought an old remembrance to my mind of a once dear friend. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.

Checker: Quincy