diverted
/daɪˈvɜːtəd/ adjective B2- that has been subject to diversion
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Elizabeth tried to be diverted by them; but all sense of pleasure was lost in shame.
“True, this story has diverted our attention from them.
She has taken care for herself,—at least I hope so,—for her attention has not been diverted from her projects by watching over me.
Maximilian stared for a moment at the corpse, gazed all around the room, then upon the two men; he opened his mouth to speak, but finding it impossible to give utterance to the innumerable ideas that occupied his brain, he went out, thrusting his hands through his hair in such a manner that Villefort and d’Avrigny, for a moment diverted from the engrossing topic, exchanged glances, which seemed to say,—“He is mad!”
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