Sentence examples for little misdirection from inspiring English sources

With the help of a little misdirection, Lin avoided most of them.

A gourmet meal is a kind of magic act, a sleight of hand and heat, often performed with a little misdirection and some fast talk.

A Democratic operative with ties to Mr. Paterson said the governor told Ms. Kennedy last week that she was the choice but that he would use the next few days to do "a little misdirection to keep the suspense up".

While not exactly mystical, this Jesus does seem to have a few magic tricks – maybe he worked Atlantic City before the world ended – and he manages to steal the truck with a little misdirection and pickpocketing.

I suspect that many writers will continue with this little misdirection; pay the $50 and submit a book so it can be touted as somehow related to the Pulitzer Prize.

Then again, this could be a nice little bit of misdirection on Barnes's part – a teasing, Fordian joke on us (and on McEwan).

Sure, part of it is likely a little passive-agressive misdirection, but Foursquare doesn't bring up the stat again in the entire post.

There's little trickery or misdirection.

That little bit of misdirection, combined with a more gently delivered speech that ― importantly!

Now, if you are quick, and good at a little bit of misdirection, you can levitate anything someone gives you, as long as it is small, light, and sticks to the wax.

He added that as the general election gets underway he hoped there would be more focus on "substantive and critical differences in the views of the candidates, and less focus on frivolous and prurient matters that serve as little more than distraction and misdirection".