But when a reporter tried to ask about Andersen's legal strategy, the question was quickly diverted.

My thoughts were quickly diverted to more immediate practical matters.

Money donated by neighbors to pay his son's school fees was quickly diverted to buy painkillers.

But the opening was by no means lacking in drama, and one's attention was quickly diverted as internal wind voices assumed an unaccustomed prominence.

When they did occur, by chance or accident, they were to be diverted quickly because they tended to gather mass.

The ships and aircraft involved in the mission were quickly diverted to the region after the earthquake and tsunami on Dec. 26.

Just as she sought to remember one person, she was quickly diverted to someone else.

His attention was, however, quickly diverted to the vibrant post-Stonewall New York City.

It failed in practice, however, since the patronage was quickly diverted from the voters themselves to their relatives.

Among normally intelligent beings, it's usually daydreaming that's done the least; what begins directionless is most times quickly diverted to thinking or fantasizing.