diversion
Part of speech: noun
Usage examples "diversion":
- When the Virginia riflemen appeared, however, there was less of this diversion. - "The Siege of Boston", Allen French.
- And so the fight might have lasted till all were down but for a startling diversion. - "The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier", Edgar Beecher Bronson.
- Arthur takes Violet; the professor, Laura; and here Gertrude makes a sort of diversion and has the sympathy of both gentlemen. - "Floyd Grandon's Honor", Amanda Minnie Douglas.