How to use "divert" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "divert" in popular movie and book plots

  • Charlie discovers Kirk's plans to divert from Alpha V, and takes control of the Enterprise.  - Charlie X
  • Majority shareholders force Novicorp's Chairman (the film's main antagonist) to divert resources to keep Fingal alive and find his body.  - Overdrawn at the Memory Bank
  • The SST eventually tries to divert to Senegal (the only country with experience in dealing with the virus).  - SST: Death Flight
  • He declares the next day the first holiday for "New Switzerland" in an attempt to divert everyone.  - Swiss Family Robinson (1960 film)
  • To divert attention from his own illegal entry, Daffy drives Elmer to further focus on Bugs.  - Box-Office Bunny
  • The villagers then divert the nearby river, filling the ditch.  - Asterix and the Great Divide
  • Everyone present is shocked and several attempts are made to stop or divert him, but he only becomes more animated.  - The Idiot
  • The message instructs Englehorn to divert to Rangoon, but the ship becomes lost in fog and runs aground on the rocky shore of Skull Island.  - King Kong (2005 film)
  • The planned assassination of the Pope was intended to divert attention from the next phase of the operation.  - Bojinka plot
  • The others steal weapons while posing as telephone repairmen, speaking in Irish accents to divert suspicion to the IRA.  - The League of Gentlemen (film)
  • The function of a red herring is to divert the audience's attention away from something significant.  - Plot device
  • Scientists determine explosives planted on the surface of the asteroid may divert it into a stable orbit around Earth.  - The Dig
  • Low on fuel, they divert to Kadena Air Base, Okinawa.  - Strategic Air Command (film)
  • Agent Polk is actually Hickey, a con man, running a con atop Gondorff's con to divert Snyder and provide a solid "blow off".  - The Sting
  • The assassination was supposed to divert attention from the next phase of the operation.  - Pope John Paul II
  • Godzilla proceeds toward the power plant at Tsuruga, but psychic Miki Saegusa uses her powers to divert it toward Osaka instead.  - Godzilla vs. Biollante

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