| Word | Red herring |
|---|---|
| Meaning | a believable distraction designed to mislead, often used in mystery novels |
| Example 1 | Sherlock Holmes warned that if a case was solved too easily, it was likely a red herring that distracted the detectives from the real criminal. |
| Example 2 | Mystery writers often use a red herring to mislead the reader into believing something is important that has nothing to do with the story. |
| Example 3 | The criminal planted drugs in his enemy’s car as a red herring to lead the police away from him. |
| Example 4 | Detectives thought the mysterious jewelry found at the scene of the crime was an important clue, but it was nothing more than a red herring. |
| Example 5 | Often politicians will use a controversial subject as a red herring to distract the media from important issues that they would rather not address. |
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