digression|digressions in English
noun
[di'gres·sion || -eʃn]
deviation from the main point (in writing or speaking)
Use "digression|digressions" in a sentence
1. All right, enough digression.
2. The text is dotted with digressions.
3. And if you look at any of the books, you'll see this method of digression, even in Huck Finn — basically it's a trip with digressions, strung off it like beads, beads on a string.
4. So much for digression.
5. All this is a digression.
6. Digression 13 : With what nature are we raised?
7. I must here introduce a short digression.
8. Now let's return from this digression to our subject.
9. This digression added to the liveliness of her talk.
10. A diversion or deviation from a main topic a digression.
11. At this moment, thoughts of Celia were a digression.
12. Please leave the digression, and get down to the business matter.
13. By my rambling digression , I perceive myself to be grown old.
14. And first I must say why I need to make this digression.
15. The wreck was caused by the digression of the two ships.
16. The plots of William Gaddis's novels allow ample opportunity for philosophical, theological, and society digression.
17. The audience cried the speaker down as soon as he started on a third digression.
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19. The following paragraphs are a necessary digression to define and illustrate several important vector operations.
20. Synonyms for Bypath include detour, diversion, deviation, bypass, byway, deflection, departure, digression, divagation and divergence
21. Try to sort out the basic principles from what is simply illustrative detail and digression.
22. Talking about money now would be a digression from the main purpose of this meeting.
23. It is a long interview because he is constitutionally incapable of answering a question without at least three long digressions.
24. Altiplanos finds the guitarist in rare form with songs that are marvels of internal logic and whimsical digressions
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