Like Shirley Castle, he spoke with his hands a lot, and his robe swished about in a most distracting way.

But as the Australian research and other recent studies show, it is the act of talking, not holding a phone, that is the most distracting.

In the Pearl's small theater, even freckles can be counted from the last row, and the half-masks worn by the cast - suggestive of birds and wildcats - are most distracting.

"Whatever will be most distracting to your chess."

A genius and a fantastic athlete, Harrison has received both the heaviest physical handicaps and the most distracting mental handicaps of any citizen.

The guards could hear the sounds of laughter and merriment and most distracting of all peals of feminine laughter.

That was just as well; he had found Nona's body to be most distracting, whether viewed from a distance or held close.

She toyed with a bit of bread, and a stray lock of hair slipped over her eye, curling in a most distracting and charming manner.

Harry's hand slid up her thigh in a most distracting manner.

I found Frost the most distracting of the guards that I was sleeping with.