Sentence examples similar to tangential answer from inspiring English sources

Well, here's an apparently tangential reply.

EU negotiators spent hours answering tangential questions, and listening to declarations about the greatness of the Persian people—"going back to Cyrus the Great", he sighs leading up to its right to civilian nuclear technology.

His life's work was tangential, at best, to answering the question of why we're mortal, and he wasn't happy about it.

Do not try to seek tangential information or those answering it will be surprised and possibly less candid.

And herein lies the point about Mormonism, its role in Romney's life and its history of racism: if President Obama was forced to answer for every tangential acquaintance, Romney cannot be given a pass.

Answers may be tangential, fragmented, or incomplete.

Her response is tangential but revealing.

I answer: these are largely of tangential importance; what can the authorities do?

In answer, Lopatin reels off a typically tangential ramble, then stops to think: "Yeah it would be really cool to disappear.

Although only tangential to this study, this result is noteworthy.

Further, as the months had gone by, as workshops had merged into rehearsals, there was no tangential appeal, however lowly, that Joan had not been ready to answer.