Sentence examples for for misdirection from inspiring English sources

And Mr. Hvam has a knack for misdirection.

That two-phase structure offers substantial opportunities for misdirection.

Harris honed his footwork and ball control for misdirection runs and play-action passes.

This flips the nature of camping by making it scary (as well as allowing for misdirection), and Siege isn't done yet.

In "mild expletive" news, we have I NEVER and the much more current OH SNAP in the grid today, but for my money, the clue of the day for misdirection purposes was "Canine protector," which, of course, is TOOTHPASTE.

Ever since his first novel, The Wasp Factory, in which the narrator didn't even know his/her own sex, Banks has demonstrated an exceptional flair for misdirection: the more you know him, the more you distrust every apparent fact.

Let's take this brilliant bit of misdirection, for example: 32 Across's "They're written for two-part harmony" sounds, on the surface, like a clue about music, doesn't it?

"It's handled on the range" is a lovely bit of misdirection for SAUCEPAN, and you will need to use your sweet tooth to figure out that "One coming from Mars?" is a CANDY BAR, not an alien.

"Certain pancake makeup" is a lovely bit of misdirection for POTATO (think latkes), and I always giggle when I see one of those "talk is cheep" clues (for NESTS).

Curiously, this is a bit of misdirection, for inside it is the antithesis of flash and sparkle, with one enormous, bland canteen space and tables so broad you wonder whether you might have to text your conversation to your companions.

The very wrinkles that the architects of such codes seek to eliminate — points of semantic overlap and convergence, fortuitous coincidence of sound in words with different meanings — provide grist for the conversationalist's mill, leaving room for playful misdirection, innuendos, hesitations, and all the ploys that make social interaction entertaining and rewarding.