The scenery diverted the driver's attention from the road.

Sami tried to divert suspicion.

Sami's screams diverted the jury's attention.

Speed bumps have diverted traffic from the streets where they were installed.

Sasha can't finish the project because he is always getting diverted.

Like on nearly every previous test day, airplane flight patterns will be diverted away from some 1,300 testing locations nationwide, the country’s stock market will open late and all nearby construction will come to a grinding halt in hopes of eliminating potential distractions.

Diverticulitis can cause severe abdominal pain.

I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.

The military ship Canberra, which was returning to Australia from exercises in Hawaii, diverted to the area and joined forces with U.S. search planes from Guam.

Planes can be diverted.