red herringin a sentence
red herring as in: distracted with a red herring
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The politician used a red herring argument to divert attention away from the real issue at hand.red herring = a diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue
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I think she raised the issue as a red herring.
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Either that or it was a Red Herring, which is a clue which makes you come to a wrong conclusion or something which looks like a clue but isn't. (source)Red Herring = a diversion intended to distract attention from the truth
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His disappearance is just a red herring across the track. (source)red herring = a diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue
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God knows what kind of red-herring Powell's following, but it's away from you.† (source)
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There, according to the report of one of his colleagues at the Illinois bar, Lincoln warned that Douglas and his followers would frighten men away from the very idea of freedom with their incessant mouthing of the red-herring epithet: "Abolitionist!"† (source)
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Charles says I'm not one thing or the other, not flesh nor fowl nor good red herring.† (source)red herring = a diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue
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They placed red herrings across the ruins-chemical glowsticks that gave off human-size pockets of heat-and covered the windows of their building with sheets of black Mylar.† (source)red herrings = diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue
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It worried me that they'd stopped talking about drugs — Boris's red herring—and had moved on to other angles.† (source)red herring = a diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue
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"Mamma," said Rosamond, "when Fred comes down I wish you would not let him have red herrings.† (source)red herrings = diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue
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Ammu said that the kathakali dancer was a Red Herring and had nothing to do with anything.† (source)Red Herring = a diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue
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'But I don't like the carving-knife, Mr. Hindley,' I answered; 'it has been cutting red herrings.† (source)red herrings = diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue
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I think I provided a very nice red herring, if I do say so myself.† (source)red herring = a diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue
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He asked this member of the fraternity (who had two red herrings in his hand, and a loaf and a blacking brush under his arm), where was the nearest place to get a cup of coffee at.† (source)red herrings = diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue
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The spectacular incident of the stones serves as a kind of red herring in this respect.† (source)red herring = a diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue
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And these are some of the Red Herrings Sherlock Holmes and Watson are followed when they are in London by a man in a coach with a black beard. (source)Red Herrings = diversion intended to distract attention from the truth
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