How to Use digression in a Sentence

digression

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  • The book’s many digressions are keyed to the rhythm of footfall.
    — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2019
  • Ok, that was a digression, but some of you as parents feel me on that.
    — Marshall Shepherd, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2021
  • And the digressions and family chatter that the songs prompt help fill the time, since U.S. 77 has a lot of road and not a whole lot to look at.
    — Jack Dickey, SI.com, 21 Mar. 2018
  • The coffee shop had been a nice little digression, but that hadn’t turned out so well.
    — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 9 Feb. 2018
  • The logic of those conditions is clear, but not worth the digression here.
    — New York Times, 18 Sep. 2019
  • That was how Cord chose to address the novel’s digression.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 16 Dec. 2023
  • And yet the real magic here lies not in narrative but in the digressions.
    — Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2024
  • But first, let’s address the facts of the president's digression.
    — Jamelle Bouie, Slate Magazine, 2 May 2017
  • The reasoning for this apparent digression, oddly, strikes at the heart of the court case.
    — Robert Hackett, Fortune, 11 May 2021
  • Such digressions don’t detract from the breezy, mellow vibes that kicked off SXSW in smooth fashion.
    — Noah Shachtman, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Gould revisits Roth a few times, each one offering a choice digression about the treasures in the morgue.
    — Jane Horwitz, The Denver Post, 24 May 2017
  • The minor key digressions of the third movement are early examples of Mozart whistling in the graveyard.
    — Christian Hertzog, sandiegouniontribune.com, 10 June 2018
  • The pace is brisk – there’s a whole game to cover – but the series still makes time for occasional digression from the central plot.
    — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 15 Jan. 2023
  • And this digression is why attorneys probably shouldn’t be paid by the hour. 5.
    — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Eternals as an ambitious digression from the core MCU arc.
    — Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2021
  • But the pros and cons of these specific policies are really outside the scope of this book, and as a result these sections feel like a digression.
    — Robert Verbruggen, National Review, 17 Sep. 2020
  • Along the way, we are treated to wonderful digressions into the lives of 20th century artists.
    — Kathleen Hirsch, BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2018
  • These digressions are absorbing but all too brief, as Bascomb hurries to the next starting line.
    — Nick Donofrio, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2020
  • The powerful aspects of the content are thus offset by detours and digressions that could have been excised.
    — Brian Lowry, CNN, 26 Feb. 2020
  • A speech in Cincinnati offered few details and plenty of digressions.
    — David Weigel, Washington Post, 7 June 2017
  • A speech in Cincinnati offered few details, and plenty of digressions.
    — David Weigel, chicagotribune.com, 7 June 2017
  • All of which calls for a digression, or acknowledgement.
    — John Tamny, Forbes, 13 Apr. 2022
  • That does lead into a nice digression about Jane Lynch being ubiquitous on TV.
    — Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 1 Nov. 2020
  • Early on, there is a shooting, but who has been shot - and how and why and by whom - only gets revealed over the course of the film's mostly entertaining digressions.
    — Michael O'Sullivan, Houston Chronicle, 22 Jan. 2020
  • The other axis is a chain of observations, each a digression from the last, about Leiris’s neighborhood.
    — Sasha Frere-Jones, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2020
  • Streisand speaks in a conversational tone full of digressions – most appear in print, but some were ad-libbed for the audiobook.
    — Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Dec. 2023
  • On the page, Sanders’s case—so electric on the campaign trail—was larded down with repetitive statistics and digressions.
    — Ruth Graham, Slate Magazine, 12 Oct. 2017
  • Digressions are made as scores of unanswered questions are posed: What did Ford’s parents talk about as newlyweds?
    — Matt McCarthy, USA TODAY, 2 May 2017
  • Following a brief, but delightful digression as Malone and Lowe traded quotes from the movie, the rapper did return to the topic at hand.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 1 June 2022
  • If one cut the speculation and digressions, that could probably be reduced to about 150 pages.
    — Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2019

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