She pointed out the butterflies to distract the baby from crying.    From LearnThat.org. 

It really does distract from the reading experience.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reviews in a word] Reference

Blurry images distract from the educational message.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-05-01] Reference

Hillary would distract from a message of new politics.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kennedy says no to joint ticket] Reference

It's just something to say to distract from the issues.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Shop Talk': Philly Mayor Isn't Black Enough?] Reference

KDE 4 woesHi, don't let the subjective title distract you.    From Wordnik.com.  [LinuxQuestions.org] Reference

The Battiness is once again meant to distract from the issue.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Jonah Goldberg: Concerns About Climate Change Are ‘Millenarian Battiness’] Reference

That was a straw man argument, used to distract from the point.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sex and the single Marvel super heroine | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment] Reference

So you can distract from the topic at hand in any way you like.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » Light at the End of the DADT Tunnel] Reference

But I have to ignore it so as not to distract from the other evidence?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » Birnbaum on Human Rights Watch and Israel] Reference

Little bits of stuff distract from the purity of the experience for me.    From Wordnik.com.  [» Pancakes and the Meaning of Life Strocel.com] Reference

The calls distract the crew and increases - and compromises their safety.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 9, 2009] Reference

I considered this irrelevant and serving only to distract from the topic.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » BREAKING: As Torture Amendment Nears Passage, Pentagon Rewrites Army Detainee Standards] Reference

"We certainly didn't want to distract from the town halls," Hughes said Friday.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vincent Gray changing sites for remaining town halls] Reference

Other aspects of a book are to be considered only if they distract from the text.    From Wordnik.com.  [Prizing Graphic Novels] Reference

Sadly, her dialogues in English distract one from the seriousness of the situation.    From Wordnik.com.  [rediff.com] Reference

Does the reality behind such an event enhance or distract from the fictional story?.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Breath of Fresh Air by Amulya Malladi: Questions] Reference

Like some nutty relation, they might distract from the appearance of reasonableness.    From Wordnik.com.  [mjh's blog — 2007 — October] Reference

Biden said the calls distract voters from the very serious issues facing this country.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 21, 2008] Reference

It's a classic white cube that doesn't distract from the vibrant mixture of work on show.    From Wordnik.com.  [rm art opening] Reference

They began the number dressed in gorilla suits, which seemed to distract from the footwork.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bristol Palin BOMBS On 'Dancing' In A Monkey Suit (VIDEO)] Reference

Do they have another big endorsement to distract from a humiliating defeat in KY, I wonder?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama campaign reports $31 million cash haul in April] Reference

Yeah, anything to distract from the current issues most Americans are actually concerned about.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Privatization returns in 2007?] Reference

Useless ones that whirl and click and distract from the intension of the page are that: useless.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 12 Biggest Problems With Your Blogs « Lorelle on WordPress] Reference

In any case, his work or at least his goal apears to be to distract from the point of the thread.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » McClellan: ‘We Are On the Way to Accomplishing the Mission’] Reference

Bob, whatever that is, it really takes up a lot of space, and helps distract from the ebb and flow.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Bush Ignores His Own Advice on Timetables] Reference

Are their icons, symbols, and small graphics on the site that enhance or distract from the overall look?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Choosing a WordPress Theme « Lorelle on WordPress] Reference

As for misdeeds by other nations, that tired attempt to distract from the issue lost its force years ago.    From Wordnik.com.  [Discourse.net: At the Sharp End: The Highest Officials Authorize Torture of a Clerk] Reference

I have some … history with Joan, so my presence would only distract from the questions you need to ask.    From Wordnik.com.  [NaNoWriMo: Pope Joan « The Graveyard] Reference

Typical trick, try to distract from the real issue that there is no intelligent design, the eye is flawed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Laura Bush’s War on Christmas] Reference

Perhaps it had been intentional, perhaps a copy editor's slip but it was enough to distract from the read.    From Wordnik.com.  [40 entries from May 2007] Reference

Is there a possibility the government is using the tragedy to distract from the Tibetan unrest in the area.    From Wordnik.com.  [Questions/Answers] Reference

That†™ s what republicans trolls do, distract from the truth so they don†™ t have to face it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Protest Turnout: A Picture’s Worth a Thousand Lies] Reference

And they talk about Chicago thugery politics, perhaps it's to distract from the Southern good ol 'boy politics?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Propeller Most Popular Stories] Reference

So Christine and I took the heat on this so as not to distract from the success of the mission and it was FANTASTIC.    From Wordnik.com.  [JOHN ANDREW MULLETT] Reference