Sentence examples for acts of misdirection from inspiring English sources

And because I was so intent on looking for something that wasn't there, I couldn't properly appreciate the beautiful topiary, the cleverness of the paths and the various acts of misdirection.

The whole meeting was an elaborately staged act of misdirection.

Killing Eve was a glittering high-wire act of misdirection and subverted expectations.

Instead, Davidson and his co-conspirators fell victim to an extraordinary act of misdirection.

Since the crash, British politics has been one epic act of misdirection.

His touchdown put St Louis up 21-3, yetheyey still might have lost without one last act of misdirection.

Krzysztof Piatek did not require any act of misdirection to save himself from getting mobbed at the airport when he arrived for his medical at Genoa this summer.

At which point it is necessary to take a stand, to resist what would be not only a terrible idea but also a deliberate act of misdirection.

It was an act of misdirection worthy of a cheap stage magician, shifting responsibility for economic failure onto those who were barely out of primary school when it happened, a shameless act of divide and rule.

It's equally fun to get annoyed at the "obvious" omissions – no text adventures or interactive fiction since the undeniably excellent Trinity in 1985 – no All Roads, no The Act of Misdirection?

Rather than making an example of an individual in service of the greater good, however, it felt like a petty act of misdirection from a coach who'd lost a game his side should never have been in.