tangent

Example Sentences

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At the same time, it was telling that a common reaction to Landry’s tangent was:

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2025

"Some of them will run straight, some of them will not start at all, some of them will go off on a tangent or bite each other," she explained.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2025

Maher tried to ask a follow-up after Conway went on a tangent about Hillary Clinton, whose presidential campaign ended almost eight years ago, before being interrupted.

From Salon • May 4, 2024

I had a phone call with an FBI agent and the U.S. attorney in San Diego on a tangent for this case.

From Slate • Feb. 24, 2024

“You know when a man lives alone as much as I do, his mind can go olf on an irrational tangent just because his social world is out of kilter.”

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck