noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
drive sb to distraction (= make someone feel very upset or annoyed )
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She was being driven to distraction by her husband’s bad habits.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
other
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An if we couldn't afford the price of admission, we found other distractions .
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Both are completely geared to novices, with plenty of other distractions if walking the plank doesn't suit.
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A useful device is to find an empty room, away from all your papers, documents, and other distractions .
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Make it a firm arrangement faithfully followed, and do not allow all the other urgent distractions to crush out this opportunity.
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It would have driven every other landlady to distraction but Wilson was determined not to be bested.
■ VERB
drive
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They lived inside a person's body and wriggled about until their presence drove him to distraction .
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Teachers and parents, of course, are driven to distraction .
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He, poor fellow, was being driven to distraction by the pain in his right shoulder.
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His constant invasion of her privacy was driving her to distraction .
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And just like in the Kronenbourg ad she can't stop driving men to distraction .
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A town is being driven to distraction by emergency stops and three point turns.
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By the end of last year, when they had three of the children, he had been almost driven to distraction .
provide
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The Harlequin man couldn't have provided a better distraction .
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Jarvis's gift of extra rope provided a distraction .
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It does nothing whatsoever for the music and provides a distraction as unwelcome as it is contextually inappropriate.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Tennis has become a welcome distraction for Rudy and his whole family.
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There are too many distractions in this office - it's hard for me to get anything done.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But in this case, enough variations on the simple alternatives exist to drive a reasonable person to distraction .
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Other people's talk was just a distraction .
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The nearest distraction is probably the Concord Turnpike, a half mile north of the pond.
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The short-term approach, distraction , is simple.
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They lived inside a person's body and wriggled about until their presence drove him to distraction .
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This will reduce distractions and help you concentrate upon your bodily feelings.