Sentence examples for were diverted by from inspiring English sources

"Last year was 9/11 and in 2000 people were diverted by the presidential election".

But the reason was a rare occurrence in jazz coverage – we were diverted by a temporary surfeit.

last week...we were diverted by the sight of a female dachshund making h her way about in unusual fashion.

On the way, they were diverted by a large co-op on Livingston Street in Downtown Brooklyn.

That time round, his energies were diverted by ministerial blunders and a needless controversy over Japan's wartime guilt.

The boys were diverted by the bicycles stowed on the decks, as if their owners were about to cycle out to sea.

He's been diverted by the charms of the East.

But his attention was diverted by a movement behind him.

"We're not going to be diverted by sophistry," is the tacit message.

Its quest-driven plot is diverted by wordplay and meta-references to itself.

Britain backed off only when its attention was diverted by the Boer War in South Africa.