Citations:divert


 * 1678 — John Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress.
 * Neither did I but vacant seasons spend In this my scribble; nor did I intend But to divert myself in doing this From worser thoughts which make me do amiss.


 * 1843 — Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol.
 * "You see this toothpick?" said Scrooge, returning quickly to the charge, for the reason just assigned; and wishing, though it were only for a second, to divert the vision's stony gaze from himself.