Sentences with phrase «distracted by conversation»

When you're chewing and distracted by a conversation with colleagues or the game on the TV, it's easy to lose track of how many chips or pretzels you've eaten.

While it's easy to get distracted by conversation and the social aspects of eating out, stay mindful throughout the meal of what you're putting in your body.

«We like having dialogues about spirituality, but we get distracted by conversations of Sharia, of jihad, of apostasy and the conversation becomes more about this is what Islam is not, as opposed to a proactive conversation about real Islam.»

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When you dial in by voice most people have a harder time being totally in sync with the conversation and are often distracted by other activities.

Chris, I honestly kept thinking you were trying to distract from the very real healing and conversation that was happening here by throwing in your theoretical and abstract musings.

and actually strike up a conversation with someone, try not to get distracted by looking at the monitor embedded in the corner of the lenses.

If you're not sticking nearby, check in from time to time to make sure your teen isn't distracted by a text message conversation or simply staring off into space.

«In other words the human brain compensates for receiving increased information from a mobile phone conversation by not sending some visual information to the working memory, leading to a tendency to «look at» but not «see» objects by distracted drivers.

The three conversations were about equally distracting and led to substantially degraded driving, marked by less scanning for potential hazards, monitoring mirrors less regularly and showing poor surveillance at pedestrian crosswalks and four - way stops.

Both groups were more likely to make it to the other side when not distracted by phone conversations.

You want your date to pay attention to you and the conversation you are making — something you'll struggle to do if they are constantly distracted by the words on your T - shirt or your overwhelming dress sense.

What gives the «stationary» comfort is that most of the observers at ringside can see poor movement because of its apparent awkwardness and lack of grace, but the more subtle differences between dogs will be missed, especially if they are distracted by others in conversation.

This happened so frequently that we were really distracted by it, to the point that we missed vital pieces of conversation because «Oh no, Becky's gone wall - eyed again while talking to Felicity».

In other words the human brain compensates for receiving increased information from a mobile phone conversation by not sending some visual information to the working memory, leading to a tendency to «look at» but not «see» objects by distracted drivers.

While this compilation will go deep into potential methodologies for starting and structuring such data - driven conversations, do not get distracted by the details or paralyzed by a compulsion to develop a comprehensive approach.

June 1, 2015 — A school report says Nikolas is at times distracted by inappropriate conversations by classmates if the discussion is about guns, people being killed, or the armed forces.