red herring

Example Sentences

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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

It’s also, in a way, a red herring.

From New York Times

This murder is followed by another, its perpetrator and motive obscured by a shoal of red herrings.

From Washington Post

Bishops arguing against a document as too narrow and too penalty-focused, Henricks said, “were arguing against a straw man, a red herring.”

From Washington Post

Bishops arguing against a document as too narrow and too penalty-focused, Hendricks said, “were arguing against a straw man, a red herring.”

From Seattle Times