Sentence examples for a bit of diversion from inspiring English sources

While Radcliffe Roye will continue to cover the aftermath of Sandy on The New Yorker's Instagram account, we're also bringing you a bit of diversion by way of New Orleans.

Anyway all that was a bit of a diversion from the main thrust of this week's blog, the Set of Six end-of-season awards.

"The question of what Blair told Bush is a bit of a diversion and the intelligence failings have already been exposed.

"All this stuff about whether one or two backbenchers have signed a letter calling for David Cameron to resign, I think most of the public would agree is a bit of a diversion," he said.

The organizers of this year's Mostly Mozart Festival have provided a bit of a visual diversion for concertgoers.

Or perhaps the total absence of others to provide even a bit of people-watching diversion had brought us down.

For a bit of balanced perspective (and delightful diversion), we've collect some of the best political gaffes caught on tape and released into the YouTube jungle.

A computer and monitor now provide a bit of much-needed light and a diversion from illness in Mr. Knox's dark room in Brooklyn.

There was a sense, too, that he considered the film as a diversion - a bit of a romp in the vein of old monster movies with stop motion creatures created by Ray Harryhausen, not to be taken too seriously.

Among the other tricks and diversions here are a bit of egg juggling ("the progeny of a learned hen") and the classic con game Fast and Loose, which involves a necklace and is mentioned by Shakespeare, Mr. Jay informs us, five times alone.

I sometimes have a bit of a sweet tooth for Nancy Meyers's Ephron-lite diversions, but this, frankly … eww.