And that, too, diverted some titles who might otherwise have run with the story.
Jep is the anti-Gibbon, hemmed in by history, but too diverted by the pleasures of the now to add to the lumber room of literature with another book.
Were your new Christmas presents too diverting to read the news?
Of course, if they proved too diverting, how good could they be?
He has got a more than capable cast, but his craftsmanship is too diverting.
He gets a good touch on it, too, diverting the ball across the face of goal, but too quickly for Chadli to tap in.
The sound the snowmelt actually makes -- the aural glittering of a dozen rills -- is too diverting to suit my darker emotional needs.
Meanwhile, in your despair, you, too, divert yourself with magazine articles, and discussions in society, though you don't believe your own arguments, and with an aching heart mock at them inwardly.
Both the law and the science were settled awhile ago: we've diverted too much water from the Delta for too long, as the Governor's Delta Vision Task Force recently concluded.
And if we divert too much water from our rivers for power generation, we use supplies needed for migrating salmon and agricultural irrigation.
Some vague semblance of wordcount discipline dictates that we must not divert too deeply into the colourful details of Argentina's own campaign but some context is certainly required.
