"divert" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- But when a reporter tried to ask about Andersen's legal strategy, the question was quickly diverted.
- My thoughts were quickly diverted to more immediate practical matters.
- Money donated by neighbors to pay his son's school fees was quickly diverted to buy painkillers.
- But the opening was by no means lacking in drama, and one's attention was quickly diverted as internal wind voices assumed an unaccustomed prominence.
- When they did occur, by chance or accident, they were to be diverted quickly because they tended to gather mass.
- The ships and aircraft involved in the mission were quickly diverted to the region after the earthquake and tsunami on Dec. 26.
- Just as she sought to remember one person, she was quickly diverted to someone else.
- His attention was, however, quickly diverted to the vibrant post-Stonewall New York City.
- It failed in practice, however, since the patronage was quickly diverted from the voters themselves to their relatives.
- Among normally intelligent beings, it's usually daydreaming that's done the least; what begins directionless is most times quickly diverted to thinking or fantasizing.
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