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How to use diverting in a sentence

13 example sentences · adjective, noun

Diverting means amusing, distracting. Example: “Moreover, waste, fraud, and abuse are occurring, undermining the program and diverting already limited resources.”

More sentences with diverting

  • Moreover, waste, fraud, and abuse are occurring, undermining the program and diverting already limited resources.2024 September 23, Sam Adolphsen, Paige Terryberry, “WITH REFORM, TANF CAN LIFT AMERICAN FAMILIES OUT OF DEPENDENCY”, in Foundation for…. From the entry TANF
  • Yawlsmen on the herrin run reported that Abrusio-bound ships were diverting to Cherrieros and even Pontifidad.2010, Paul Kearney, Hawkwood and the Kings. From the entry yawlsman
  • The commonest theme in these upgrades has been to create capacity for long-distance trains by diverting local services and slower freight.2021 December 15, Philip Haigh, “Remaining ECML upgrades in the 'really difficult' category”, in RAIL, number 946, page 53. From the entry commonest
  • Australian clubs allow instant membership to anyone, so keen are they to share the diverting pleasures of the pokie machine.2001, Bill Bryson, In a sunburned country, page 19. From the entry pokie machine
  • These voluntary quotas could be circumvented by diverting exported steel through countries which have not entered into the limitation plan.1969 September 30, Congressional Record, page 27713. From the entry nonagreeable
  • By this the whole matter had presented itself to them as an entertainment more diverting than bullfight or bearbaiting.1900, Mary Johnston, To Have and To Hold. From the entry bearbaiting
  • Distracting, diverting, trivialising, story telling, one-upping and ‘me-too’-isms make light of children’s problems and imply that if something is too hard, we should avoid it.2020, Louise Porter, “Listening to Children”, in Young Children’s Behaviour: Guidance Approaches for Early Childhood Educators, 4th…. From the entry me-too-ism
  • Since then, he has consolidated his grip over the country's industries and is accused of diverting tax money into his personal accounts.2016 June 22, Max Bearak, “The world’s longest-serving president just appointed his son as VP”, in The Washington Post. From the entry grip
  • The Pew report recommended diverting nonviolent offenders away from prison and using punishments short of reincarceration for minor or technical violations of probation or parole.2008 February 29, Adam Liptak, “U.S. Imprisons One in 100 Adults, Report Finds”, in New York Times. From the entry reincarceration
  • By diverting blood away from the affected areas, hot foot baths are used to relieve head and chest congestion and even menstrual cramps.1995, Doug Dollemore, Mark Giuliucci, Jennifer Haigh, Sid Kirchheimer, Jean Callahan, “Hydrotherapy: The Everyday Miracle of Water”, in…. From the entry footbath
  • Inquiring minds may be wondering what could possibly cause the rev to behave in such a fashion, thereby diverting his attention away from such a holy task.2012, F.W. Brooks, The Tithes of March: A Novel by F.W. Brooks, →ISBN. From the entry spew
  • Y.) broadcastress, with three other vimful and vigorous grannies, are here encased in a series of Anglo-French-Italo travelogs done with diverting prose and an eye on the anecdotal snapper.1954 March 10, “Literati”, in Variety, volume 194, number 1, New York, N.Y., page 69, column 1. From the entry broadcastress
  • Far from learning from the failures of ‘economic rationalism,’ the Liberals want us to swallow more of the snake oil medicine while diverting our attention to the consumption tax sideshow.1997, Frank Stilwell, “One Nation For Whom?”, in Michael Costa, Mark Hearn, editors, Reforming Australia's Unions: Insights from Southland…. From the entry sideshow

Meaning of diverting

  1. adjective Amusing, distracting.
  2. noun A diversion or turning aside.

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Questions about diverting in a sentence

How do you use diverting in a sentence?
Diverting is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “Moreover, waste, fraud, and abuse are occurring, undermining the program and diverting already limited resources.”
What is a short sentence with diverting?
“Moreover, waste, fraud, and abuse are occurring, undermining the program and diverting already limited resources.”
What does diverting mean?
Diverting means amusing, distracting.

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