DIVERSION in a Sentence

Learn DIVERSION from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
96 example sentences for DIVERSION, such as:
1. The diversion accomplished the purpose.
2. Only this was no diversion but a grim business.
3. The robbers threw smoke bombs to create a diversion.
4. The magician's talk created a diversion of attention.
5. We made a short diversion to go and look at the castle.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of DIVERSION
diversion
 n.  act of turning aside; pastime; activity that relaxes or entertains
Classic Sentence: (62 in 5 pages)
1  But she restrained herself and she found that twisting Yankee men around her finger was no more difficult than that same diversion had been with Southern men.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
2  Only this was no diversion but a grim business.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
3  She longed to be to him something more than a piece of sentient prettiness, a passing diversion to his eye and brain; and the longing betrayed itself in her reply.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 8
4  It may seem strange that of all men sailors should be tinkering at their last wills and testaments, but there are no people in the world more fond of that diversion.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 49. The Hyena.
5  Lord and master over all this scene, the captain stood erect on the ship's elevated quarter-deck, so that the whole rejoicing drama was full before him, and seemed merely contrived for his own individual diversion.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 115. The Pequod Meets The Bachelor.
6  In the evening I used to prowl about, hunting for diversion.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: XII
7  As their stay at Grand Isle drew near its close, she felt that she could not give too much time to a diversion which afforded her the only real pleasurable moments that she knew.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XVI
8  He considered them bourgeois, and found more diversion at the club.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXIII
9  You were intended to make a diversion in favor of Whiterside.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 21
10  The diversion accomplished the purpose.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIX
11  As soon as she supposed me absorbed in my occupation, she recommenced her silent weeping: it appeared, at present, her favourite diversion.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
12  As far as I can see, it will be your chief diversion hereafter; unless Linton make amends for other losses: and your provident parent appears to fancy he may.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
13  My walk home was lengthened by a diversion in the direction of the kirk.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
14  This diversion is only practised by those persons who are candidates for great employments, and high favour at court.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER III.
15  There is likewise another diversion, which is only shown before the emperor and empress, and first minister, upon particular occasions.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER III.
Example Sentence: (34 in 3 pages)
1  The magician's talk created a diversion of attention.
2  From Poiso we make a short diversion to drive to the top of the mountain.
3  High tariffs often cause a diversion of trade from one country to another.
4  The cinema provided a welcome diversion from camp routine.
5  The robbers threw smoke bombs to create a diversion.
6  Our party believes in encouraging cultural diversity, not diversion.
7  Finger painting is very messy but an excellent diversion.
8  We made a short diversion to go and look at the castle.
9  Fargo-Moorhead area officials already have decided that a diversion is the best option but are debating the size and location of the channel.
10  There are creatures so little, so weak, as to be easily restrained thus, and triumphed over; but the leviathan is not one of these: he is made to be the terror, not the sport and diversion, of mankind.
11  The strength of anthropology is its diversity of approach and perspective, unified by a common theme: the study of human variation and adaptability.
12  This decade is the time to fully embrace diversity and demonstrate equal rights to all Americans in this country.
13  Because the student body at Elite Prep was so homogeneous, Sara decided to send daughter to another school that offered greater cultural diversity.
14  She has degrees in sociology, psychology and is "a recognized expert" in the field of diversity training.
15  You bring good diversity to the BombCast because your opinions are varied and present a good contrast to what can sometimes be predictable banter from the guys.