diversionary

How To Use diversionary In A Sentence

• In the south the French division mounted a diversionary amphibious raid at Kum Kale on the Asian side of the Dardanelles.
• With all due respect, I think that your perspective here is horribly simplistic, uncomfortably mis-targeted (to the point of near endorsement), and quite diversionary from the essential core issue. Oaxaca to Guadalajara: The good.. the bad.. & the ugly
• For more than a week before the Inchon landing, the Allied forces used diversionary tactics by bombing nearby areas.
• The term diversionary measures refers to direct actions of groups or individuals operating in the enemy's rear area. FM 100-61 Chptr 9 Artillery Support
• The proposal was dismissed as a diversionary tactic intended to distract attention from the real problems.
• One opposition member has already said he suspects the premier will simply come up with some diversionary tactic - a "thingamajig" - aimed at pacifying the public. Thestar.com - Home Page
• We therefore encourage elaborate, ambitious syntax, diversionary subordinate clauses, and other enriching linguistic techniques. LOVE YOU MADLY
• We have heard all these diversionary arguments before, but rarely do these arguments have any merit.
• The bombing was apparently a diversionary tactic, while the Navy landed its troops ashore.
• She smoked as a diversionary tactic and cast about to compensate. THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS