Miles tore his attention from Ekaterin, and prepared to tend to business.

The little man tore his attention away from the pizza long enough to grab the Arab's arm.

Her husband tore his attention away from studying the machinery.

And then he picked me up, tearing my attention away from what I was working on.

He tore his attention from the battlefield and frowned at the woman beside him.

Jewel tore her attention from Gray and met the woman's warm, worried gaze.

A split second later he tore his attention away from her.

Miles tore his attention from trying to make new constellations.

Someone picked up the phone and he tore his attention away from her.