divert attention

She had to have her attention diverted, and nothing short of an army would be enough.

And the only way to deal with them is to divert attention.

He's going to do his best to divert attention to Paul.

Both the white men at the table diverted their attention to him.

He'd have to use his own body to divert their attention.

But before he could ask any further questions, his attention was diverted.

The idea is to divert attention away from this fact.

She immediately turned to see what had diverted his attention.

Getting me up there would have diverted our own people's attention.

Was there nothing he could do to divert her attention?