Sentence example with the word 'digress'

digress

bear off, bypass, depart, deviate, diverge, get sidetracked, go round about, maunder, sheer, swerve, turn, veer

Definition v. lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing

Last update: October 19, 2015


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Never did we digress into endless discussions about 'character '.   [verb]

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In order to explain I need to digress slightly.   [verb]

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He let the conversation digress into endless discussions about "character."   [Please select]

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I will digress a bit and explain how these stone-quarries were discovered.   [Please select]

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] We must here digress a moment to draw attention to the three simple diagrams of Fig.   [Please select]

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Smith digress from the ordinary course of life that annoyed her.   [Please select]

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I have not the space here to digress on the intermediate gradations.   [Please select]

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I may here digress a little on the subject of night shooting.   [Please select]

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The rule was that no natural impediment should cause them to digress or to stop.   [Please select]

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Now let us return to the point at which we digressed.   [Please select]

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He begins by asking the point at which he digressed; and is thus led shortly to recapitulate the substance of the three former books, which also contain a parallel of the philosopher and the State.   [Please select]

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