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digression
noun as in deviation; straying
Example Sentences
Before we get to conservatives, permit me this brief methodological digression.
A slight digression: those of you who watch HGTV may have noticed a lot of Canadian accents on the shows.
The point of this nostalgic digression involves the occasional real-world impact of media malfeasance.
After that dizzying digression, she turns right back to her time in the state legislature again.
At one point, he justified the calls with a markedly unhelpful digression about the movie Dr. Strangelove.
Once he permitted himself a digression, that he might point a moral for the benefit of his servant.
But this digression has taken me so far away from Penzance that I may as well close this chapter with it.
Why, true; and a digression is often the cream of an article.
"I am nearly well," returned Sylvia, surprised at the sudden digression.
Having made this digression, I must now carry the reader back to Cocachacra.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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