Sentence examples for the detours from inspiring English sources

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the detours

noun

A diversion or deviation from one's original route.

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Even the detours were listener-friendly.

And the detours and roadblocks have disproportionately affected those who drive, including many blue-collar workers.

Even the detours into John's school life add to the sense of peril without boundary.

Yet I really didn't know what all the detours would be.

He had an acute ear for the stops and starts, the detours, switchbacks and inventive obscenities of conversation.

Maggie is on a different journey, and while the detours and destination of her path are vague, she makes for a mesmerizing traveling companion — or, more rightly, guide.

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Well worth the detour.

"The detour.

The detour lasted nearly a week.

They are worth the detour.

Personally he prefers "The Detour" to all his other works.

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