There is no argument, however, that slapstick has always been a popular diversion.

This volume will not include the slate crags, and by now a comprehensive new guide to these popular diversions should be available.

The afternoon was too warm to make bridge a generally popular diversion, and Serena's party was a comparatively small one.

But some of the most popular diversions were the most low-concept.

In many households video-game computers have displaced television as the most popular diversion for school-age children.

Hunting polecats by moonlight was also a popular diversion among midland schoolboys.

Consider, for example, one of the more popular diversions, feeding the birds.

Let's take the dream generator, currently the most popular diversion of the masses.

Horses probably rank next to golf as the most popular diversion in the valley.

Nonetheless, the book proved to be a popular diversion and sold well.