red herring

Example Sentences

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Cardenas, noting that all the contributions he receives from those who come before the board are fully disclosed, calls the issue a red herring.

From The Wall Street Journal

Johnson pledges his devotion to tropes like cawing ravens and thunderous rainstorms while giving his various red herrings silly nicknames like “the knife robot” and “the clangy clunk.”

From Los Angeles Times

The guidebook full of clues that had led him to Switzerland had been nothing but a red herring.

From Literature

He did this by making an exceedingly long list that was full of red herrings.

From Literature

This subsidy thing is, again, a red herring.

From The Wall Street Journal