He was simply distracting himself; allowing his intuition the time and privacy it needed in order to function.

Another critic concluded that the casting choice is "simply distracting" and "forces an uncomfortable racial subtext onto underlying material that doesn't support the weight."

Listening to the dialog in English is simply distracting in too many places, with some examples of odd phrasing.

But many budget analysts say that five-year goals simply distract attention from much bigger fiscal problems that are expected in the years that immediately follow.

After all, these simply distract us from those we suffer in our normal, nine-to-five lives.

Or, he said, the cry you emit may simply distract you from the pain.

In this case, the universality of the tale gets bogged down in specifics that are simply distracting.

The director, Kirsten Sanderson, has the actors balancing more junk food in their laps than they can handle; the result is simply distracting.

The tendency which the left has of attaching this label to those with less extreme views than their own simply distracts attention from the real problem.

"But you say you have something better in mind than simply distracting them for a while."