How to Use diversion in a Sentence

diversion

noun
  • Sports provide him with a welcome diversion from the pressures of his job.
  • Hiking is one of my favorite diversions.
  • Our town offers few diversions.
  • He created a diversion while his partner stole her pocketbook.
  • There's not a lot of diversion from it.
    — Sarah Lynch Baldwin, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Treat him like a weapon, not a diversion.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 14 Jan. 2026
  • The punter acted as if the snap went over his head to add a diversion.
    — Ryan Morik, Fox News, 9 Nov. 2024
  • Dodge nosy questions about your love life with a clever diversion.
    — Jenna Ryu, SELF, 31 July 2024
  • Sometimes your brain just gets tired and needs a rest — or at least a diversion.
    — Deb Amlen, New York Times, 16 Dec. 2022
  • This was what happened to a couple who reached out to our diversion team.
    — Paul Delessio, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
  • This funding diversion could not have come at a better time.
    — Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Or, as so many of us dream of these days, a welcome moment of diversion?
    — Rachel Tashjian, CNN Money, 10 Mar. 2026
  • But this is more than an Epstein files diversion.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2026
  • As part of the plea, the youth agreed to enter a diversion program for six to nine months.
    — Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2023
  • But today’s column is a bit of diversion and fun.
    — Allen Buchanan, Oc Register, 24 Dec. 2025
  • Sports events, movies, the theater and any fun diversion will appeal to you.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 30 Nov. 2025
  • Anyway, these are all mere diversions.
    — Thomas Page, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
  • At some point, even the loudest diversion stops working.
    — Larry Clifton, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026
  • At some point, even the loudest diversion stops working.
    — Larry Clifton, Sun Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2026
  • The project involves the diversion of a nullah which is a lifeline for the area.
    — Manish Chandra Mishra, Quartz, 10 June 2021
  • Some see it as a painless swap, others a diversion from the spirit of the process.
    — The New York Times, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2021
  • Neighbors took the kid and his younger brother to a park for a game of baseball as a diversion.
    — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 29 Dec. 2020
  • In April, he was granted a mental health diversion in lieu of jail time.
    — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 17 June 2026
  • All four who were granted diversion are due back in court next year for a review hearing.
    — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Or feel free to skip the diversion and come back later (marked on your map for simple retrieval).
    — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 14 Oct. 2020
  • There should be a greater focus on diversion and treatment, Biehl said.
    — Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Still, the business of large-scale water diversion would not be that simple.
    — Yxta Maya Murray, Longreads, 19 Aug. 2020
  • Need a diversion from packing up the skeletons, bats and witches hats?
    — Andrew Torgan, CNN, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Robbie’s only major styling diversion came from her choice of footwear.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Riley doused the vehicles with gasoline and set the truck on fire as a diversion.
    — Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 9 Sep. 2021

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