Diversion in a sentence as a noun

Tort reform is a diversion, not a solution.

"Google is finally doing something about scraping"I hope this is genuine and not a disingenuous diversion on Google's part.

The assholes at the state attorney's office gave her a "diversion of prosecution" instead of completely dropping the matter.

It asked specifically if he had ever pleaded guilty, nolo contendere, or entered a pre-trial diversion program.

Klebold and Harris had avoided prosecution for the robbery by participating in a "diversion program" that involved counseling and community service.

Adam Smith got away with it in Wealth of Nations: "People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices.

Personally, I found non-standard analysis an interesting diversion, but eventually uninteresting and unengaging.

Diversion definitions

noun

an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates; "scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists"; "for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles"; "drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation"

See also: recreation

noun

a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern); "a diversion from the main highway"; "a digression into irrelevant details"; "a deflection from his goal"

See also: deviation digression deflection deflexion divagation

noun

an attack calculated to draw enemy defense away from the point of the principal attack