digression

Example Sentences

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That leads to a digression about, as Baker puts it, “that one cool teacher who was like, ‘Hey kid, I heard your band is releasing a record — you don’t have to turn in your homework!

From Los Angeles Times

If not, the digressions into states of being could come off as a bit silly.

From New York Times

Complicité’s decision to foreground these freewheeling digressions is to be commended: This is not a conventional whodunit but, rather, a kind of fable.

From New York Times

In contrast to DeSantis' sober and policy-heavy event, Trump's first visit to Iowa this election cycle featured his familiar high-spirited stew of braggadocio, digressions and broadsides against his enemies, including the Florida governor.

From Reuters

He looks at it, and then brings a ladder that doesn’t reach; when he tries to climb it despite this, the steps give out under him, a Buster Keaton-style digression.

From New York Times