Sentence examples for the digression from inspiring English sources

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the digression

noun

A departure from the subject, course, or idea at hand; an exploration of a different or unrelated concern.

  • The lectures included lengthy digressions on topics ranging from the professor's dog to the meaning of life.

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Among the girls, Ms. Dente has long had a reputation for digressing from the subject and then digressing from the digression.

Why the digression?

I could excuse the digression.

But the digression was brief.

But Muschamp's favorite literary genre is the digression.

From another: "To loop back to the beginning of the digression".

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Ah, but the digressions!

The digressions are plentiful and lengthy.

The digressions that pepper the book are sometimes fascinating.

This can make the digressions in her work frustrating.

As with Nabokov's "Pale Fire," the digressions outweigh the main text.

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