digressive
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The book is by turns brilliant, provocative, digressive and dull—abounding in talent but confusingly at odds with itself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
The titular hero begins his digressive story with a comic account of his own conception; at his birth his nose is accidentally smashed by the “man-midwife,” Dr. Slop.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026
During our digressive conversation, I learn, not surprisingly, that pretty much anybody who’s anybody resides in Clooney’s phone contact list.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2026
However, it appears that the 79-year-old president mixed up the two men when telling one of his digressive stories, this time about Ted Kaczynski, aka the Unabomber.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2025
In a beautiful, digressive exclamation at the end of the Lusiad, he affords us a striking view of the neglect which he experienced.
From The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem by Luís de Camões
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