At the same time, try to divert his attention on to something else, such as a book or toy.

The remaining time I sit quietly and try to divert my mind.

"Couldn't he have been trying to divert suspicion from you?"

You've been trying to divert my attention from the box!

He was obviously trying to divert his attention from the pain.

"Don't try to divert my attention by trying to make a simple matter appear mysterious."

He'll try to divert them to his location to save power.

He thought about death, and tried to divert his mind elsewhere.

"We believe this is just a way of trying to divert the issues here."

The Greek had just been trying to divert my attention from himself.