The word "diverting" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe the act of diverting one's attention away from something, or a situation that is amusing or entertaining. For example, "He found the comic book a diverting distraction from his problems."
Diverting more prisoners with mental illness to facilities largely funded from the protected health budget.
Were your new Christmas presents too diverting to read the news?
He finally decided that rage was a better term, and that writing had been a way of diverting his rage about "being trapped in this body, my sexuality, class, my linguistic separation from my family".
In 2014, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change concluded that tackling global warming by diverting hundred of billions of dollars from fossil fuels into renewable energy and cutting energy waste would shave just 0.06% off expected annual economic growth rates of 1.3%-3 1.3%-3%
It was a diverting spat, but beneath its surface, complex power games were being played out.
Having said that, there's increasing evidence that diverting 10-20%, depending on market maturity, of TV budgets to YouTube will straight up improve a campaign simply by adopting a platform-neutral and people-focused approach.
We can't yet point to figures, but I would say early indications are that it has been very successful in diverting young people away from care and improving educational attendance".
In the 1960s volunteering was seen as a way of diverting youthful energy away from Mods-and-Rockers gang feuds.
Dr Cliff Mann wants police forces to mount campaigns over several successive weekends against those who are drunk and disorderly to try to reduce the numbers needing help from A&E staff, diverting resources from patients he said were "more deserving".
This Hibs predicament should not be ignored for much longer, with eyes diverting towards the boardroom rather than the dugout.
Ghani has upset hawks by sending Afghan cadets for training at Pakistan's officer academy and diverting scarce military resources to fight Pakistani militants hiding in Afghanistan.
