Sentence examples for off-topic questions from inspiring English sources

Off-topic questions occasionally generated honest responses.

For off-topic questions, a one-sentence answer plus an offer to discuss afterwards is appropriate.

The president often appears perturbed when he is asked off-topic questions at ceremonial events, but on Friday, he seemed eager to address the case, which has quickly developed into a cause célèbre around the country.

Mr. Martínez Alequin says the need to press politicians about issues that affect the poor outweighs concerns and complaints about his antagonistic antics, pushy manner and off-topic questions.

Designing Kai, I was able to anticipate off-topic questions with responses that lightly guide the user back to banking, but Alexa and Siri are generalists, set up to be asked anything, which makes defining inappropriate input challenging, I imagine.

Banholzer's off-topic questions aren't probing for expertise in those other fields but for evidence of intellectual flexibility and breadth.

ADAM GOPNIK: Let me indulge this off-topic question to say that my son certainly likes recalling those stories, but no more than any boy does his bedtime stories from his early childhood.

I asked more and more off-topic, vague questions, grappling for anything that couldn't be answered in one word.

"I was a single parent most of the time," she says, wandering off-topic on a question about why she thinks she got ahead in life.

But as many of you know, I'm new here, and come from a somewhat more rough-and-tumble corner of the Internet, where comments, even those that could be considered both off-topic and abusive, appear without question.

When Usain Bolt arrived in Glasgow in July to run in Jamaica's Commonwealth Games 4x100m relay team, questions quickly drifted off-topic.