digression

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Now, a brief digression, because I feel strongly about this.

From Salon • Mar. 5, 2026

The settings—generic spaces such as cafés, train stations, hotel lobbies, and offices—tend to be described with similar brevity, while the detectives’ actions are recounted in prose generally lacking metaphor, simile, or fanciful digression.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

She had only just started wearing jeans, she told me with a shy look, afraid that he would take offense to such a digression.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 7, 2025

Woodward concludes the digression: “I will never forget the intensity of his worry.”

From Slate • Oct. 15, 2024

But the same little notch must be used for divisions between branches of every size, whether it’s the end of a minor digression, the end of a major summation, or anything in between.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker