Sentence examples for and diverted by the from inspiring English sources

He will be haunted by the freedom they represent and diverted by the fleeting fantasy that he will one day join them, having exposed sport's last taboo for its triviality.

On occasions it was quieted by doles of bread from the state and diverted by spectacles—"bread and circuses".

A rightful war was disrupted and diverted by one that began in misjudgment and misadventure.

On their way towards the city, the lines flow around the building elements such as the theatre and auditoriums, splitting up and being diverted by the deflectors".

At "The Addams Family" the kids were bound to miss some references — like Medea, anthrax and Liberace — but they were amused by Grandma (Jackie Hoffman) and Pugsley (Adam Riegler); liked some musical numbers ("One Normal Night" and "Full Disclosure"); and were duly diverted by the giant pet squid, Bernice.

"What it does change is it allows me to focus my time, energy and attention on these key issues and not be diverted by the need to raise campaign funds and the need to travel.

Mr. Blair today called on his restive party to "stand firm" and "hold its nerve" and not be diverted by the "froth" of internal cabinet disputes.

Gerald and Sara saw the Picassos nearly every day, and were unfailingly diverted by the painter's grotesque observations.

As such, the current of cyclists and pedestrians are diverted by the group of shining electric cars that fill two-thirds of the parking lot.

The US military acknowledged the non-governmental organizations' complaints concerning flight-operations bias and promised improvement while noting that up to 17 January 600 emergency flights had landed and 50 were diverted; by the first weekend of disaster operations diversions had been reduced to three on Saturday and two on Sunday.

But policy makers and pundits are constantly diverted by the images that proliferate inside and outside Russia — from the action man tranquilizing tigers and flying with cranes, to the cruel anti-American autocrat who exploits orphans to undermine U.S. human rights legislation.