Get to know Divert better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like deviate or draw.
Divert in a sentence
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Divert meaning
- To turn aside from a course.
- To distract.
- To entertain or amuse (by diverting the attention)
Synonyms of Divert
Using Divert
- The main meaning on this page is: To turn aside from a course. | To distract. | To entertain or amuse (by diverting the attention)
- Useful related words include: deviate, take out, draw, withdraw.
- In the example corpus, divert often appears in combinations such as: to divert, divert attention, divert the.
Context around Divert
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 14 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Divert
- In this selection, "divert" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, drivers, repeatedly, attention, billions and public stand out and add context to how "divert" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include aircraft to divert to bradley and as drivers divert around closure. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "divert" sits close to words such as airstrikes, andhra and backpack, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with divert
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Gutters will catch the rainfall and divert it. (8 words)
Congestion to routes through Dwygyfylchi and Capelulo as drivers divert around closure. (12 words)
Guru, is there a way to divert the direction of weapons mid-flight and stun the opponents? (17 words)
An employee of a U.S. Army lodging facility in Seoul pleaded not guilty Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Honolulu to charges of conspiring with a co-worker to divert the proceeds from cardboard and cooking oil recycling to their personal bank accounts. (45 words)
It encourages pseudo-debates and confusion and is a rather dumb “limited hangout,” which is a strategy used by intelligence agencies to dangle some truth in order to divert attention from core facts of a case they are desperate to conceal. (41 words)
And cargo routes shifted for some shippers in the past year as they elected to divert containers to ports on the Gulf and East coast because of an unusually long contract negotiation period that languished for 13 months. (38 words)
Guru, is there a way to divert the direction of weapons mid-flight and stun the opponents? (17 words)
Example sentences (20)
A business jet was buffeted by severe turbulence over New England, causing a rare passenger death and forcing the aircraft to divert to Bradley International Airport in Connecticut, officials said Saturday.
According to Ellison, SBF had instructed her to divert billions of dollars from FTX customer funds, which Alameda used for failed investments, to pay off its debt.
According to prosecutors, the cornered family man devised a desperate plot to divert attention — which included his own suicide.
According to the statement, the APC is calling for the apprehension of the bannerman for allegedly operating Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) used to siphon and divert public funds.
And, as those actions were being taken, the two companies arguably tried to assuage investors and divert their attention by paying them sizable dividends.
And cargo routes shifted for some shippers in the past year as they elected to divert containers to ports on the Gulf and East coast because of an unusually long contract negotiation period that languished for 13 months.
An employee of a U.S. Army lodging facility in Seoul pleaded not guilty Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Honolulu to charges of conspiring with a co-worker to divert the proceeds from cardboard and cooking oil recycling to their personal bank accounts.
But Hillary thought an attack on welfare would divert energy from her health care package, and Gore lost the battle.
Congestion to routes through Dwygyfylchi and Capelulo as drivers divert around closure.
Dokubo said, “What I want the next governor to do is to divert the wealth of Rivers people to investment.
Guru, is there a way to divert the direction of weapons mid-flight and stun the opponents?
Gutters will catch the rainfall and divert it.
He added in court filings that Apple has "suffered serious prejudice" as a result of the CMA's decision, having "had to repeatedly divert management time and technical resources away from its business activities".
He highlighted instances where African nations, such as Kenya, have had to divert funds from development to deal with the effects of climate change.
If the media negotiations are unresolved at that point, the issue will divert attention from the coaches and players in attendance.
In spite of opposition from various quarters the ruling dispensation going ahead with Sengol is also seen as a frantic attempt to divert the attention from the turmoil in Manipur and the plight of the unemployed.
In the last episode, it was shown that Sai starts going towards the washroom on Virat’s request, but Bhim does not let her go, after which Satya tries to divert Bhim’s attention.
In this situation, players will need to cut power to the lights in order to divert power to the door downstairs.
It encourages pseudo-debates and confusion and is a rather dumb “limited hangout,” which is a strategy used by intelligence agencies to dangle some truth in order to divert attention from core facts of a case they are desperate to conceal.
It makes little sense to divert resources to create extra sixth form places when we already have sufficient places and excellent provision across the Craven district as a whole.
Common combinations with divert
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to divert 136×
- divert attention 29×
- divert the 26×
- and divert 18×
- divert to 8×
- will divert 8×
- divert resources 6×
- divert traffic 6×
- divert funds 5×
- divert from 5×