How To Use Diverted In A Sentence

They talked occasionally of planting colonies, but were diverted by the war.
She felt his hand grazing hers, and looked up at him, but his attention was suddenly diverted.
What lawns deserve is grey water, that basinful of (cooled) soapy washing-up water, the sluiced out teapot, the diverted bathwater. Times, Sunday Times
One stray click and I'm rickrolled, prankishly diverted to the now-familiar footage of Rick Astley being devoured by a pack of London cannibals. Wired Top Stories
The flight was diverted to Gatwick because of a bomb scare.

The train was diverted to Cambridge because of engineering works on the main line.
The plan was abandoned, the lot was sold at a profit, and the funds were diverted to another purpose. Christianity Today
This is because part of the existing East Rail line will be diverted on to new track that has been sandwiched between the existing live railway and the main pipelines carrying water from China.
They were diverted from flooded roads twice, then found themselves in a traffic jam caused by a multicar fender bender. WRECKED
There was no worn channel for the creek, and its waters, dammed up, diverted, flying through the air on giddy flumes, trickling into sinks and low places, and raised by huge water-wheels, were used and used again a thousand times. LI-WAN, THE FAIR
EU members were unusually outspoken in appearances before the U.N. Human Rights Council, saying they were worried about preparations for a global racism conference to be held next month because attention was being diverted from the real problems of racial discrimination. EU countries oppose Muslim views on racism meeting
They were diverted to the town hall, where camp beds were set up for them. Times, Sunday Times
Floods also caused some rail services to be diverted, and the Environment Agency issued warnings via loudhailers that the River near the Rail Station was running high.
THE passenger whose hoax bomb threat saw a plane diverted under a fighter jet escort leaves court yesterday after owning up. The Sun
By no means should a diplomatic plane with the president be diverted from its route and forced to land in another country. Times, Sunday Times
Whole artillery units had to be diverted to this humdrum task. Nemesis: The Battle for Japan, 194445
What lawns deserve is grey water, that basinful of (cooled) soapy washing-up water, the sluiced out teapot, the diverted bathwater. Times, Sunday Times
But so it was, as great men and princes are said to call in their flatterers when dinner has been served, so the Athenians, upon slight occasions, entertained and diverted themselves with their spruce speakers and trim orators, but when it came to action, they were sober and considerate enough to single out the austerest and wisest for public employment, however much he might be opposed to their wishes and sentiments. The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans
The result was an ambitious target for Essex of 65 per cent of waste diverted from landfill without incineration by 2007.
Manchester airport said that the incident led to a series of incoming flights being diverted to other airports and minor delays to outgoing flights. Times, Sunday Times
The money and resources expended on ensuring portability of old-fangled phone numbers will be diverted from other projects.
This had caused levels in the lodge to fluctuate and water had to be diverted from the stream via a sluice.
By recycling these items they are diverted from landfill avoiding the associated environmental problems.
He said:'It is fantastic this money will be diverted from vanity projects to saving lives. The Sun
The thought of Angie looking rugged and outdoorsy briefly diverted me. A NASTY DOSE OF DEATH
My fear is that attention will be diverted from issues that really matter to Selby miners, such as securing better pension rights.
Surrounding areas across south Manchester soon came to a standstill as diverted traffic clogged the streets.
A lot of the money will be swallowed up by the military, or will have been diverted from existing loans.
But it has emerged that the government diverted most of the money elsewhere. Times, Sunday Times
As wazir, Safdar Jang diverted imperial funds for his own use, so much so that he was accused of impoverishing the Mughal court.
It proved that the plane had diverted drastically from its flight plan. Times, Sunday Times
At full length he diverted a scorcher destined for the top corner over the bar.
THE passenger whose hoax bomb threat saw a plane diverted under a fighter jet escort leaves court yesterday after owning up. The Sun
Two diverted airliners were given special clearance to land at Manchester. The Sun
But at the date of the "Cross Readings" he was mainly what Burke, speaking contemptuously of his status as a plenipotentiary, styled a "_diseur de bons mots_"; and he was for this reason included among those "most distinguished Wits of the Metropolis," who, following Garrick's lead in 1774, diverted themselves at the St. James's Coffee-house by composing the epitaphs on Goldsmith which gave rise to the incomparable gallery entitled _Retaliation_. De Libris: Prose and Verse
He said that he thought it was wrong for so much money to be diverted from patient care. Times, Sunday Times
This keeps most of the fans diverted while others buy programs, CDs and drinks.
Then the prime minister's Tristar jet was buffeted by freak 200-mile-an-hour winds before being diverted from Ottawa to Montreal due to fog.
Anyway, just as we were leaving the Moor, their attention was diverted just long enough for a lovely couple to come up to me and say, ‘Here, sonny, would you like this goldfish?’
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Message to Diane: Should I allow my high purposes to be diverted by this literary humoresque, albeit one with an educative dimension? A MEANS TO EVIL
There are a lot of vessels at anchor and some are being diverted. Times, Sunday Times
He diverted himself momentarily with the calculation of the total impedance of a certain circuit. THE INNOCENT
By no means should a diplomatic plane with the president be diverted from its route and forced to land in another country. Times, Sunday Times
This second post also carried with it a position of assistant mistress and Cartwright soon found that she was being diverted from teaching by the administration.
The call is diverted, the number unobtainable, the voice at the end of the line is not the person in charge.
looking chipper, like a man...diverted by his own wit
Neither when I spoke of red, or blue, and green, as well as refrangibility, had I these several colors, or the rays of light passing into a different medium, and there diverted from their course, painted before me in the way of images. On the Sublime and Beautiful
Wolchak, a 23 - year-old Coast Guardsman serving as the officer of the day (OOD) at Coast Guard Station New York, immediately called the crews of a 25-foot and a 33-foot response boat just returning from security patrols and diverted them to the scene of the plane crash. Barbara L. Patton: Flight 1549 Responder Honored With Military Leadership Award
There are a lot of vessels at anchor and some are being diverted. Times, Sunday Times
Money could be diverted into areas where it could be put to better use, such as policing hard core drugs.
Paragon looked to see a smooth trail that diverted from the ravine, leading into the passive earthen walls.
Prime farm land must be conserved for agriculture and should not be allowed to be diverted to non-farm uses, unless absolutely essential.
She diverted the move and countered with an uppercut that he avoided by tucking his chin in.
Curious, the Mistress of Freeport diverted from her course to have a closer look.
He said that he thought it was wrong for so much money to be diverted from patient care. Times, Sunday Times
Rail works continuing until Bank Holiday Monday will mean Virgin cross country trains from Birmingham to north-east Scotland will be diverted from Leeds and Wakefield to Doncaster and Sheffield.
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Will the struggles against global capitalism go forward on the program of socialist internationalism or will they be diverted into the blind alley of reactionary nationalism?
The road was closed for five hours and traffic diverted via Longborough.
He need only reach the race and open the sluice gate, and the mill would be defended by swift water, diverted from the river. LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR
So it must be painfully apparent to a leading man giving his all in a big musical number when the audience has its attention forcibly diverted. Times, Sunday Times
The derailment in Lewisham caused chaos, with hundreds of trains cancelled or diverted. Times, Sunday Times
As the road bends sharply to the right, pass through the gate on the left signed Public Bridleway Route Diverted.
The crowd was greatly diverted with the performance.
If a man gain the use of wealth, peradventure he is diverted thereby from the remembrance of his Lord; if poverty choke him his heart is distracted by woe, or if disquietude waste his heart, weakness causeth him to fall. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
They were diverted by frequent derailments and frozen in winter by heating breakdowns. Truman
All east bound traffic was diverted until noon.
When you own a 0800 Freephone Telephone number, calls can be diverted to you wherever you are and on whichever telephone network you choose.
These pouches are known as diverticula, a name which is derived from the word “diverted”. Natural Remedies for Curing Diverticulosis
They're just making time so that people's attention is diverted. Times, Sunday Times
But it has emerged that the government diverted most of the money elsewhere. Times, Sunday Times
The moment it detects wheel slip at the front axle, up to 99% of power can be diverted to the rear wheels. Times, Sunday Times
Outbound lanes will be closed and drivers diverted to detours for another week.
His soldiers leveled their villages and his engineers diverted and drained the water that gave the marshes life.
That huge sums could be diverted to those in genuine need - not least the mentally ill - if the spongers were stopped seems to fall on deaf ears.
But this call is diverted, so the bank talks to the fraudster instead. Times, Sunday Times
The crowd was greatly diverted with the performance.
By no means should a diplomatic plane with the president be diverted from its route and forced to land in another country. Times, Sunday Times
Her eyes kept on getting diverted to the diamond ring on her finger and she couldn't help but smile.
Computer and other technical problems diverted commander attention from the battlefield.
There is a grave danger that critical patient care like cancer treatment will lose out as money is diverted to meet this commitment.
But they had to be humoured before they could be diverted from the unobtainable to the treasure that was actually for sale.
Instead of being directly involved, radical supporters were diverted into the groups where their thoughts could be sifted and selected at will.
Loyalist cries of "U. S. A. " tried to drown out the dissent. -Please, please don't be diverted by the ground noise and the static.
The noise diverted our attention from the books.
And if those contingency plans are going to work – and the airlines are to avoid hefty DOT fines – airports need to be ready to provide the extra ground operations support and in-terminal services for an increase in diverted flights and for the additional planes that need to return to the gate. Are airports ready for the three-hour rule?
The derailment in Lewisham caused chaos, with hundreds of trains cancelled or diverted. Times, Sunday Times
The plane, bound for Tenerife, had to be diverted to Lisbon but Beardsell started fighting with his girlfriend's brother in the galley as the aircraft taxied to a halt.
Money collected through taxes is often diverted from the purpose for which it was intended.
Southbound traffic will be diverted via Junction 35 in the reverse direction to Junction 34.
Cope marched north from Stirling to intercept the Jacobite forces but found them entrenched on the Corrieyairack pass in an impregnable position and diverted instead to Inverness.
But the financial crisis has diverted governments' attention. Times, Sunday Times
A tinge of anger began to boil, but she diverted her gaze away from the soldiers to calm herself.
Therefore, if runoff can be diverted away from it with dikes and interception ditches, sediment transport can be reduced.
There was no worn channel for the creek, and its waters, dammed up, diverted, flying through the air on giddy flumes, trickling into sinks and low places, and raised by huge water-wheels, were used and used again a thousand times. LI-WAN, THE FAIR
It is a good sign when swelling and redness on the breast seize a person very ill of quinsy, for in this case the disease is diverted outwardly. Aphorisms
Shouldn't our aid money be diverted for three months to support our NHS? The Sun
Judging by the dimmed lighting, he had diverted all available power to the engines.
And a nine-day strike by private garbage haulers last fall meant other Streets and Sanitation workers were diverted to pick up bags that had piled up.
They were diverted by frequent derailments and frozen in winter by heating breakdowns. Truman
The main flow of water has been diverted to a new course.
EU members were unusually outspoken in appearances before the U.N. Human Rights Council, saying they were worried about preparations for a global racism conference to be held next month because attention was being diverted from the real problems of racial discrimination. EU countries oppose Muslim views on racism meeting
Especially in that the seasons have been proper to bring up and set forward other more hasty and indifferent plants, whereby this of knowledge bath been starved and overgrown; for in the descent of times always there hath been somewhat else in reign and reputation, which hath generally aliened and diverted wits and labours from that employment. Valerius Terminus: of the interpretation of Nature
Through traffic will be diverted via the A303. Times, Sunday Times
Lisa quickly diverted from her lacky wannabe followers and stood by Hannah's locker.
Apparently much of the water upstream has been diverted for agricultural use.
Most of all, the show's universe was flimsy and under-developed, the result of too much attention paid to thin allegory and facile real-world parallels, and not enough energy diverted to making Galactica's universe its own living creation. MIND MELD: If We Ran Battlestar Galactica
Taxis will be diverted to Wigmore Street, which runs parallel to Oxford Street.
Mucosal atrophy may result when dietary sources of fatty acids are lacking or when the fecal stream is diverted by an ileostomy or colostomy.
Traffic on nearby Leeds Road was disrupted as police diverted cars round standpipes pumping water from the main road to help douse the flames.
Officials diverted revenue from arms sales to the rebels.
In a way it is now a silent crisis, because our attention has been diverted to other disasters.
Traffic will be diverted while the road is under repair.
Now, our man held aloft a stick with the houseboat's burgee on it, and a photograph was taken that we might not forget where our diverted road came out and where to go to meet the "friggetts" that might be coming in almost any time. Virginia: the Old Dominion
At yesterday's bilateral meeting between President Yeltsin and President Clinton, President Yeltsin in the strongest terms affirmed that it was in Russia's national interest not to have its high tech products diverted to countries which -- including Iran -- are trying to develop weapons of mass destruction. Background Briefing On The Eu Meeting
Money going towards a grant of £1, 000 a year from 2004 could also be diverted into reducing the level of fees.
It's a compelling analogy, because when you encounter what he referred to as the hyper variety, then the productive resources of a society are diverted to dealing with that problem. Vp Gore Briefing On Summit Of Americas
The train was diverted to Cambridge because of engineering works on the main line.
A ditch diverted water from the stream into the fields.
All flights were suspended with planes diverted to other airports. The Sun
He said:'It is fantastic this money will be diverted from vanity projects to saving lives. The Sun
Traffic was diverted on to minor roads, causing tailbacks in the evening rush-hour as workers made their way home.
Demand from consumers and food processors in Asia has soared and stocks have been diverted increasingly to biofuel production. Times, Sunday Times
This obviated much of the criticism that would have occurred if funding had been diverted from standard health or law enforcement budgets.
Traffic will be diverted through the side streets while the main road is resurfaced.
We diverted funds from armaments to health and education.
In recent years, Wilson and the Legislature also have diverted some transportation funds to the deficit-ridden state general fund.
Others are feared to have been diverted into forced labour. Times, Sunday Times
He then became a Thames waterman, and increased his earnings by writing rollicking verse and prose; he obtained the patronage of Jonson and others, and diverted both court and city.
Northbound traffic will have to be diverted onto minor roads.
But the financial crisis has diverted governments' attention. Times, Sunday Times
Therefore, attention should not be diverted from traditional risk-lowering strategies in favor of folic acid supplementation.
They diverted the plane to another airport because of the weather.
My attention was diverted for a moment by the accident.
It was at that point - my attention momentarily diverted from my crotch - that I noticed that I had suddenly sprouted a giant zit on the very frontmost tip of my nose. Zipless
The British had recommended that steel be diverted from the construction of battleships and heavy cruisers to convoy escorts and landing craft.
Speaking of water, "The River Drains Through It" is veteran journalist Tom Kenworthy's look at how more than a half million acre feet of water is yearly diverted from river basins on Colorado's western slope to the other side of the Rocky Mountains, but how environmental concerns now ensnarl plans to build similar diversions to satisfy the demands of growth in the West. James Warren: This Week in Magazines: A Jihad on Behalf of Usury Laws, An "Idiot's Guide to Pakistan," and The Agenda for K Street's Trout Lobbyists
All flights were suspended with planes diverted to other airports. The Sun
It proved that the plane had diverted drastically from its flight plan. Times, Sunday Times
About 40 per cent of water flowing into the Seine River at peak flows would be diverted directly into the floodway.
It could also prove cheaper than erecting longer guard rails and also prevent vehicles possibly being diverted back into the path of following traffic after hitting a guard rail.
It was at that point – my attention momentarily diverted from my crotch – that I noticed that I had suddenly sprouted a giant zit on the very frontmost tip of my nose. Zipless | Her Bad Mother
All flights were suspended with planes diverted to other airports. The Sun
But this call is diverted, so the bank talks to the fraudster instead. Times, Sunday Times
Fayad has also introduced safeguards to prevent international aid money from being diverted from terrorists.
But it has emerged that the government diverted most of the money elsewhere. Times, Sunday Times
Cotters, squireens, gossoons, lord lieutenants, and castle aid-de-camps, all pass in review before us, and the English reader will doubtless be diverted by the domestic economy, and good humored expedients, of the Dalton Family.
Jesters of the past, though figures of fun at the royal court, were often highly intelligent men whose quick wit and sharp tongue both diverted the monarch and reminded him of his mortality.
Roughly 50-60% of the cool air coming in is diverted by the perpendiculars of the optical and/or hard drives.
The flight was diverted to Gatwick because of a bomb scare.
Arguably illusionism was a taste diverted into the diorama, and thence ultimately into the cinema.
The game and the salaries are being diverted towards the big hitters. Times, Sunday Times
Traffic will be diverted through the side streets while the main road is resurfaced.
They diverted the plane to another airport because of the weather.
The train was diverted to Cambridge because of engineering works on the main line.
You just turn the taps on if you want a bath, and if you want a shower you push a rubber bung into the tap spout, and the water is diverted up into the shower.
The plan was abandoned, the lot was sold at a profit, and the funds were diverted to another purpose. Christianity Today
Residents are trying to have flight paths diverted away from their town.
Shouldn't our aid money be diverted for three months to support our NHS? The Sun
As a sentencer, I can assure you that the pressure is already on to reduce dependence on custody, and to cut down on community orders because Probation is unable to cope, and in any case officers are being diverted to parole work. Suburban Kids With Biblical Names « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
The Colorado River doesn't even empty into the ocean anymore because so much of it has been diverted for irrigation.
It proved that the plane had diverted drastically from its flight plan. Times, Sunday Times
Traffic on the main road was diverted on the Sunday night as the flood waters rose on a stretch of the road.
Option three would mean the staining of low risk red meat by-products on the grounds that they too were unfit for human consumption and could be fraudulently diverted into the human food chain.
After the subsiding of the first surprise and indignation the agitation of his own thoughts too much occupied John's mind to admit of his being much diverted by the sorrows of his black boy; and Tom was too much affected by the dejectedness of his friend to entertain any lasting concern for the sable sufferer. Fern Vale (Volume 1) or the Queensland Squatter
A new event, for every thing was an _event_ to wretches to whom the world was reduced to the narrow space of a few toises, and for whom the winds and waves contended in their fury as they floated above the abyss; an event happened which diverted our minds from the horrors of our situation. Perils and Captivity Comprising The sufferings of the Picard family after the shipwreck of the Medusa, in the year 1816; Narrative of the captivity of M. de Brisson, in the year 1785; Voyage of Madame Godin along the river of the Amazons, in the year 1770
Today a disastrous harvest in one region merely leads to an upward nudge in global food prices as food is diverted to the affected region. Times, Sunday Times
But her attention was speedily diverted by the squabble going on in the corner; for Fanny, forgetful of her young-ladyism and her sixteen years, had boxed Tom's ears, and Tom, resenting the insult, had forcibly seated her in the coal-hod, where he held her with one hand while he returned the compliment with the other. An Old-Fashioned Girl
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You are referring to all the Cadmian rifles that have been diverted to various indigen rebels and insurgents? Soarer's Choice
The attention of insurgents and criminals is diverted to listening to the latest sounds out of Kingston and smoking copious amounts of ganja.
On the surface the miners' labours are marked by constructed mountains of mullock; hillsides stripped bare of trees for props and fuel; and streams diverted and often polluted by the wastes from sedimentation and flotation processing.
They warned that people's lives were being put at risk because firefighters were being diverted from their duties.
The cruise liner diverted from its course to cut down the flying time of the helicopter from RAF Lossiemouth.
Issues are being diverted by new issues, which are also evoking spontaneous agitations / demonstrations.
The media's attention was diverted away from the pressing agenda of how to help the region's poor break the cycle of poverty.
The 10 trillion yen fund would be diverted from the country's huge postal savings and insurance premiums. Times, Sunday Times
Trucks and buses were also banned from using the flyover, with commercial vehicles diverted to the roundabout underneath.
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Mr Hutton had suggested tunnelling through Bradford, but this would prove too costly, especially as Bradford Beck would have to be diverted.
But this call is diverted, so the bank talks to the fraudster instead. Times, Sunday Times
The train was diverted to Cambridge because of engineering works on the main line.
The road was closed from 7pm while recovery experts hauled the vehicle free of the road, with cars diverted on to the A64 and A162 via Tadcaster.
He would rather have the Financial Department look at these aspects, as his mind is more diverted towards adverting, sales promotion and packaging designs.
He read for the Bar but diverted into journalism and radio commentary. The Times Literary Supplement
Will it be again blamed when there would be severe environmental disaster after watercourse of river Brahmaputra will be diverted to irrigate Indian barren land?
_The drift from God is a movement of events, a propulsion of vital experience, not a parade of words to be diverted by other words_. The Necessity of Atheism
If there is severe low pressure out in the Atlantic, aircraft movements are diverted away from the affected area.
The runway was closed for an hour from about 7pm and several outbound flights were cancelled and inbound planes were diverted to Luton.
That is, there should be a moratorium on the billions of dollars spent on servicing the national debt and this money should immediately be diverted back to social programs such as health care and education.
Her attention was diverted by the waiter who brought her coffee, and she gave her order as the conversation at the next table got on in low tones until it too was interrupted by the waiter.
Traffic was being diverted and backing up down side streets. Times, Sunday Times
But the financial crisis has diverted governments' attention. Times, Sunday Times
The waste company that handles the collections gets its income from the local councils, based on the amount of rubbish diverted from landfill. Times, Sunday Times
This I made account: I began early, when I understood the study of our laws; but was diverted by leaving that, and embracing the worst voluptuousness, an hydroptic immoderate desire of human learning and languages; beautiful ornaments indeed to men of great fortunes, but mine was grown so low as to need an occupation; which I thought I entered well into, when I subjected myself to such a service as I thought might exercise my poor abilities; and there I stumbled, and fell too; and now I am become so little, or such a nothing, that I am not a subject good enough for one of my own letters. The Life of Dr. Donne. Paras. 1-49
London - bound traffic is being diverted via Slough.
The waste company that handles the collections gets its income from the local councils, based on the amount of rubbish diverted from landfill. Times, Sunday Times
All flights were suspended with planes diverted to other airports. The Sun
But if such a call is diverted to the fraudster, the bank receives false assurances that the payment is genuine. Times, Sunday Times

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