I tried to distract my thoughts by busying myself with our wounded.

"Be it so; I will stay; I must do something to distract my thoughts."

Anything to distract my thoughts from the trouble to come.

It had been well, if such vain terrors could have distracted our thoughts from more tangible evils.

However, I kept on talking to distract their thoughts, and at last we were off.

Something that might have distracted her thoughts when she was turning on the gas supply?

It had served the purpose of distracting his thoughts from the fact that the rat-men were apparently out to get him.

He kept you busy turning over rocks in order to distract your thoughts and allow your body to see.

He's devised this elaborate trick to distract his thoughts from approaching death.

She touched his hand with hers to distract his thoughts.