Sentence examples for create a smokescreen from inspiring English sources

He decided to create a smokescreen by immediately playing a club to his eight.

After the blast, Mr Uribe acknowledged the suspicions, saying that such accusations should not create "a smokescreen for terrorist acts".

At one point, Isis set fire to buildings in order to create a smokescreen to protect them from US aircraft.

This all helps to create a smokescreen of respectability around a company and a government that is anything but respectable.

Phosphorus munitions are banned under international law as a weapon but permitted if used to create a smokescreen.

This is a pathetic attempt by the coalition to create a smokescreen around today's serious economic issues.

And so, he created a smokescreen comprised of the truth".

Republicans had created a smokescreen by alleging that the fund could be used for more bailouts.

It burns on contact with oxygen and creates a smokescreen to mask the military manoeuvre.

The military use of the stuff for illuminating the sky during a night attack or for creating a smokescreen to cover an infantry or tank attack is generally regarded as acceptable.

In the case of the shelling of the United Nations compound, the Israeli military said Hamas antitank crews had been positioned adjacent to the compound, so it created a smokescreen to protect an Israeli tank force near there.