Sentence examples for going slightly off from inspiring English sources
NCIS (CBS, Tuesday) The most-watched scripted show on television returns for a ninth season, after going slightly off the rails with its climactic serial killer story line in the spring.
By the time The Guardian got around to printing an article titled "101 Uses for a Dead Dome" (No. 12: "Convert it into a home for very large Teletubbies"), even the government had to admit that things were going slightly off message.
"Protest!" Sheadon said, along with something inaudible, followed by "daddy's job" and, going slightly off-topic, "Can I have a cheeseburger?" There were not many children taking part in the Statehouse rallies.
Rough wood will make your hands scratchy and will damage the feathers making it go slightly off and you won't hit the target.
The Mail goes slightly off-script with a health story: "Children aged nine addicted to cannabis".
One recent video, for instance, shows a time-honored male-bonding ritual gone slightly off-kilter: Hablesreiter and another actor glug beers as they tend a grill, but a lonely bunch of carrots is all that sizzles on the coals.
Read the full review Jim Cartwright's career seemed to have gone slightly off-radar in recent years - his last piece was a Christmas show written for an arts centre in Malton.
They are supposed to be discussing the transformative possibilities offered a rock star as opposed to those offered an actor – Cave has previously expressed the opinion that, unlike an actor, a rock star can never truly remove the mask they have created for themselves, even when offstage – but the conversation seems to have gone slightly off-piste.
Federighi also went slightly off script, joking that "the children of tomorrow will have no understanding of the English language".
However, we thought we'd go slightly off the beaten tracks and reveal some of Parisians' favourite cultural hotspots.
Thanks to a certain costumed military leader, we all witnessed what happens when red carpet interviews go slightly off the rails.
