diversions in English

noun

1

an instance of turning something aside from its course.

a diversion of resources from defense to civil research

synonyms: rerouting, redirection, deflection, deviation, divergence

2

an activity that diverts the mind from tedious or serious concerns; a recreation or pastime.

our chief diversion was reading

synonyms: entertainment, amusement, pastime, delight, divertissement, fun, recreation, rest and relaxation, pleasure, R and R, sport

noun

rerouting, redirection, deflection, deviation, divergence
detour, bypass, deviation, alternative route
distraction, disturbance, smokescreen, feint
entertainment, amusement, pastime, delight, divertissement, fun, recreation, rest and relaxation, pleasure, R and R, sport
digression, deflexion, deflection, divagation, deviation
recreation

Use "diversions" in a sentence

1. Secret diversions?

2. POSITIVE Copers: DIVERSIONS: […]

3. Economy is increasingly based on diversions and Anesthetizations

4. Augurers are driven to creative diversions, enjoying and …

5. I amuse myself with letters and social diversions."

6. Full title: ‘Antinomy: Stories and Other Diversions’

7. Augurers are driven to creative diversions, enjoying and …

8. Provider of any and all entertainments and diversions.

9. Calgary’s got small-town heart and big-city diversions

10. The Missouri city of Branson is jam-packed with diversions

11. Visit the Toronto Star's Diversions section for online Crosswords and more!

12. “Some activities one naturally inclines to, others are diversions, and some of these can become Asphyxiative

13. However, Gaddafi left behind a heavy burden, a legacy of tyranny, corruption and seeds of diversions.

14. By the grammar of rhetoric, knowledge was structured as poetry and dialogue -- subject to interruption, questioning, and parenthetical diversions.

15. Other diversions include a sauna and steam bath which is free once a week, but otherwise is payable locally.

16. His bedside locker held the conglomerate of offerings, necessities and minor diversions considered indispensable to a brief spell in hospital.

17. THERE ARE LOTS of diversions in the Big White Ghetto, the vast moribund matrix of Wonder Bread–hued Appalachian towns and villages stretching from …

18. The Cairene tarts For sheer variety of sexual diversions, few red-light districts in the world could match Cairo during World War II

19. Buildings and other forms of shelter, roads, paths, diversions around obstacles, road blocks, bridges, fords, and similar areas are suitable locations for concealing Boobytraps

20. I could have used, for the promptlier stirring up of passion, Apostrophal and prosopopœiel diversions; and, for the appeasing and settling of them, some epanorthotick revocations, and aposiopetick restraines

21. Some days passed before I could rid my thoughts of Thecla of certain impressions belonging to the false Thecla who had initiated me into the Anacreontic diversions and fruitions of men and women.

22. The Augurer is the result of the evolution of these individuals with heightened sight, a society of beings with the ability to see beyond the material world into other planes of existence and sometimes into the future. Augurers are driven to creative diversions, enjoying and excelling in …

23. The Augurer is the result of the evolution of these individuals with heightened sight, a society of beings with the ability to see beyond the material world into other planes of existence and sometimes into the future. Augurers are driven to creative diversions, enjoying and excelling in …

24. This is the reason why he proposes to offer a libation, to Atone for the abuse of the day by their diversions.: The concept of vicarious Atonement, that one person can Atone for the sins of another, is found in many religions.: Desiring not to cause a fuss, you sit Atone in the rear, watching a re hearsal.: Also popular for adding a touch of drama to a room or piece are burls and crotches