Diverting
[daɪ'vɜːtɪŋ] or [daɪ'vɝtɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Divert
(a.) Amusing; entertaining.
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Examples
- He declared himself entirely at her disposal: the adventure struck him as diverting. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Thus Mr. Roosevelt has always had a remarkable power of diverting the country from the tariff to the control of the trusts. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Had Sir Percival, by any chance, courted the suspicion that was wrong for the sake of diverting from himself some other suspicion that was right? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- It was a diverting experience while it lasted. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- After this had lasted a while Clennam thought it a good season for diverting his attention from the main surprise, by relating its details. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- With the view of diverting the attention of the company, he turned to Oliver. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- They were so often diverting themselves in undertones, those three men whom God had mocked with the most tremendous opportunity in history. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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