Divert example sentences

Chronic daily stress can divert an individual's attention from caring for herself or himself.PDS dealers are sometimes found resorting to malpractices like diverting the grains to open market to get better margin, selling poor quality grains at ration shops, irregular opening of the shops, etc.The water flowing in the streams was diverted into man-made channels which took this water to numerous villages down the hillside.It can divert attention from other pressing issues like poverty, development and corruption.A million litres of sewage is targeted to be intercepted, diverted and treated.Moreover, as the procurement is concentrated in a few prosperous regions (Punjab, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and to a lesser extent in West Bengal) and mainly of two crops wheat and rice increase in MSP has induced farmers, particularly in surplus states, to divert land from production of coarse grains, which is the staple food of the poor, to the production of rice and wheat.Realising these problems, the World Bank later decided to divert resources to bring about industrial and agricultural development in these countries.