Sentence examples for diversion a from inspiring English sources

The questions include: "Two or more prior adult convictions?" "Arrested under age sixteen?" "Currently unemployed?" "Some criminal friends?" A low score can lead to an offer of "diversion"—a kind of unofficial probation that, if successfully completed, leaves the individual without a criminal record.

Designing houses was a diversion, a pastime.

A sport, a pastime, a diversion, a game.

Actually, he said, it feels better than that — like a diversion, a vacation, a blast.

First of all, a diversion, a detour, to the Maramotti's art collection is totally rewarded.

But doesn't Cleese have a point – wasn't it a diversion, a waste of Palin's creative talents?

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.

So they hanker for a wholesome diversion, an uplifting evening.

It's hard not to suspect that the Bush doctrine is also a diversion -- a diversion from the real issues of dysfunctional security agencies, a sinking economy, a devastated budget and a tattered relationship with our allies.

Billy Boy was both a diversion and a fellow traveler.

Maybe a diversion of a defendant's resources?