The bishop attempts to deflect attention away from the source of the problem with irresponsible and alarmist honks and blats. |
It could help to deflect the usual charges of anachronism and unfamiliarity with the period. |
It is very much like turning the tiller on a boat to deflect the wake on the boat and alter its course. |
Wearing a tinfoil hat to deflect government mind-control radio waves is even more foolish than most people think. |
I keep going at it with guns blazing, but I do wonder if my mock-buffoonery is just a cover to deflect accusations of real buffoonery. |
For instance, we purposefully deflect our gaze from features that would normally matter to us. |