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Meanings of diverting in inglês

Providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining.

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Usage of diverting in inglês
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But diverting limited supplies away from farming towards industry carries political risks.
Reuters
2
In the meantime, fuel cells are diverting resources from more immediate solutions.
Wired
3
That is diverting money away from crucial public services like the NHS.
The Guardian
4
It was a lot more diverting than thinking of this as work.
The Laughing Corpse
5
Former supporters may be diverting dollars to other causes following Hurricane Katrina.
The Irish Times
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It serves the purpose of diverting attention from the party's internal wrangling.
The South African
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The fright which the elections caused to the bourgeois has been diverting.
The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters
8
The magnificent egoism of mankind in love struck her as distinctly diverting.
The History of Sir Richard Calmady: A Romance
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To most observers this might seem a mildly diverting or comical detail.
The Irish Times
10
Magnolia blushed, indicating the level of his success in diverting the conversation.
A match made in texas
11
Three local hospitals had been diverting patients because they were swamped too.
The Guardian
12
She would be marshalling certain events in their just and diverting order.
Somewhere in Red Gap
13
It's not quite clicking, this, but it's diverting enough all the same.
The Guardian
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With plenty of time on his hands, Will found the escapade diverting.
Secret of the seventh son
15
It is diverting to rip them in the calm of one's study.
A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago
16
For the spectacle of a row on Olympus is diverting and destructive.
Public Opinion
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Diverting across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common