Sentence examples for intellectual diversion from inspiring English sources
You have to accept it as an intellectual diversion of a brilliant mind grappling with complex materials.
Does a lemon meringue "composition" that comes in a half-dozen unhinged pieces represent a bold culinary advance or merely a brash intellectual diversion?
Once an intellectual diversion favoured by the upper classes, chess went through an explosive growth in interest during the 20th century as professional and state-sponsored players competed for an officially recognized world championship title and increasingly lucrative tournament prizes.
According to her son, Heyer "regarded the writing of mystery stories rather as we would regard tackling a crossword puzzle – an intellectual diversion before the harder tasks of life have to be faced".
Christopher started out in mathematics at King's College, Cambridge, but, because of social and intellectual diversions, finished with a lower second in the natural sciences.
Hoaxers may be an interesting intellectual idea, but fundamentally they are a cruel, damaging diversion.
For moderate intellectual stimulus, and to feel part of a world on the move, it's hard to beat the diversion that led to Bony's glorious emporium on La Boquilla beach, near Cartagena, Colombia.
By the eve of the Renaissance, a game that had grown popular as a harmless diversion for grown-ups, only a bit more challenging than Hi Ho Cherry-OO, had turned into a showcase for fast-paced intellectual combat.
