digress

Example Sentences

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“And what we are seeing now is we are digressing.”

From Los Angeles Times

“Look at that beautiful lake,” he said, digressing.

From New York Times

But I digress . . . and I do not want to leave you without these last words.

From Salon

That may be going a bit too far, but I digress.

From Salon

Many highly esteemed novels contain stretches that stumble, lumber and digress, with such “fat” either pardoned in the larger context of the meal or praised as authorial swagger.

From Los Angeles Times