All 4 Uses of
divert
in
Babbitt
- At that moment Lloyd Mallam, the poet, owner of the Hafiz Book Shop, was finishing a rondeau to show how diverting was life amid the feuds of medieval Florence, but how dull it was in so obvious a place as Zenith.†
Chpt 7
- To divert him Babbitt said, "Why, you got a scar on your cheek."†
Chpt 22 *
- He vaguely wanted something more diverting than the newspaper comic strips to read.†
Chpt 23
- The others were diverted to a discussion of the more agreeable recent murders, but Babbitt drew Louetta back to personal things: "That's the prettiest dress I ever saw in my life."†
Chpt 23
Definition:
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(divert as in: divert the traffic or funds) to change the direction of something, or the purpose for which it is used