Sentence examples for for a diversionary from inspiring English sources

It is a direct result of Cameron's panic about Ukip that he is now wasting everyone's time preparing for a diversionary British referendum.

This stretch of Fourth, between Miles 6 and 7, was once a bit dingy and off the commercial path, but is now ripe for a diversionary game of Count the Condos.

On 8 April, Admiral Hipper and the German destroyers were dispatched to Narvik while the German capital ships headed north for a diversionary manoeuver into the North Atlantic.

His plan called for a diversionary attack by the Ethiopian companies of the garrison at a spot downriver from the bridge to draw the Whigs' attention, while the garrison, reinforced by additional troops from Norfolk, would attack across the bridge in the early morning light.

Hosser stated in an interview, "For instance, a diversionary attack on Sullust is mentioned during a conversation between Vader and the Emperor in Return of the Jedi.

Through many hours of conversation with writer, Tigar dropped one obscure quote or another every few minutes--a diversionary tactic, writer concluded, for keeping hard questions at bay.

According to local officials, who have pressed for years to build a diversionary canal near Baton Rouge, much of the calamity and cost could have been avoided.

The plan works but it is pyrrhic victory, as the GTVA loses the Colossus, their only match for Shivan juggernauts, in a diversionary engagement at the other end of the Capella system.

I fear that your article will simply inspire useless and destructive debate in Congress, where art makes for a wonderfully diversionary political football.

It's a fool's errand, a diversionary tactic for avoiding unhappy endings.

It's a diversionary read for me insofar as I gave up on New York City long ago.