How to Use misdirection in a Sentence

misdirection

noun

• The film pulls a clever misdirection trick in its first act.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2021
• Of course, this could be misdirection to take the focus off the Nets and Durant.
  — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2022
• But there's so much misdirection going on and that, in the end, is the key to the explosive plays.
  — Nick Baumgardner, Detroit Free Press, 21 Sep. 2017
• This is why, as always, the finger-pointing at Reince Priebus — and the rest of the staff — is a misdirection.
  — Rich Lowry, National Review, 14 July 2017
• There's going to be some misdirection in this offense where the tight end is going to catch the ball in the flat.
  — Andrew Lopez, NOLA.com, 11 Mar. 2018
• Some have said his tweet wasn’t a joke at all, since there is no twist or misdirection.
  — Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2020
• That leads to the moments of misdirection that are the lifeblood of funny novels.
  — Mark Athitakis, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2022
• But the misdirection and whataboutism can’t explain away how quickly the Duterte reform drive went off the road.
  — William Pesek, Forbes, 31 May 2021
• The misdirection sweep to Trevor Davis was a creative bit of play-calling.
  — Matt Kawahara, SFChronicle.com, 29 Sep. 2019
• But the intense focus on that twist between the graphene sheets may have been a case of misdirection.
  — Quanta Magazine, 14 June 2021
• What kind of misdirection will Shanahan throw at the fans?
  — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Aug. 2022
• And how does the team make adjustments for the kind of misdirection as seen from Jacksonville?
  — Dallas News, 20 Dec. 2022
• And then, of course, came the unthinkable bit of misdirection: Rousey lost.
  — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 28 June 2017
• To equate the numbers in the box, Clemson uses its QB in the run game and dresses the designs up with misdirection.
  — cleveland, 30 Dec. 2020
• Something the Bills and Bucs both do is line up with three tight ends and throw deep misdirection play-action.
  — Andy Benoit, SI.com, 20 Oct. 2017
• The Giants need to adjust to how Brady attacked them with a lot of misdirection.
  — Art Stapleton, USA TODAY, 23 Nov. 2021
• Not by choice, DeMaio also played a role in a bit of misdirection in the San Diego mayor’s race.
  — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2024
• It’s that, coupled with some pin and pull, some misdirection, some counter.
  — Eric Hansen, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Oct. 2020
• Football is a game of misdirection and disguise, and there have been plenty of both in the NFL this season.
  — Sam Farmer, latimes.com, 28 Oct. 2017
• There’s a lot of secret-keeping, there is a lot of misdirection.
  — Sean Deveney, Forbes, 24 June 2022
• But the fact that Trump's legal team needs to rely upon this kind of misdirection speaks to the weakness of its hand right now.
  — Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2018
• There’s something about the art of misdirection, which is happening in this film in so many ways.
  — Adam Rathe, Town & Country, 21 Feb. 2023
• But this is a typical bit of misdirection on the part of Thiel, a founder of PayPal and a board member of Facebook.
  — Renee Diresta, WIRED, 28 July 2019
• Through rope and card tricks, sleight of hand, misdirection and more, students will learn the principles of the craft as well as its moral philosophies.
  — Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful, 14 Apr. 2020
• There are levels in the misdirection, and not all its secrets are given up at once.
  — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2023
• Could their too-good-to-be-true tip have been some sort of elaborate misdirection?
  — Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 1 Nov. 2022
• The Saints used motion and misdirection on that play to hit a nice gain to Hill, but otherwise he was largely held in check.
  — Jeff Nowak, NOLA.com, 17 Sep. 2020
• The misdirection froze the defense just long enough to allow Mack to get split-second edge on would-be tacklers.
  — Stephen Holder, Indianapolis Star, 9 Oct. 2017
• Opinion Key Bridge collapse has increased work zone tunnel traffic but that doesn't explain the signal misdirection.
  — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 21 Mar. 2024
• But this airline customer service misdirection is common knowledge in the travel industry and among people who know Google.
  — Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 30 Oct 2024