Despite their independent nature, they quickly become a pleasant distraction from an otherwise plastic world.

Having a bookstore upstairs is a constant though pleasant distraction.

This free study aid for writing characters is a pleasant distraction.

While all of these are pleasant distractions, they do take planning nonetheless.

But, at least for one day, Showalter had a pleasant distraction.

It is a pleasant distraction but hardly shows confidence in the product being sold.

Not all who came to Atlanta have had such pleasant distractions.

Boredom could have had its hand, the island's distractions pleasant but few.

I told myself a guest might be a pleasant distraction, but the thought was less than convincing.

Another pleasant distraction was watching the bridges swing from the river and into the main road to let us pass.