DIGRESSION in a Sentence
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15 example sentences for DIGRESSION, such as:
1. To return from this digression.
2. But here let me make a digression.
3. Here a short digression becomes necessary.
4. From this digression, let me proceed to Dover.
5. John Rance appeared to be somewhat irritated at this digression.
2. But here let me make a digression.
3. Here a short digression becomes necessary.
4. From this digression, let me proceed to Dover.
5. John Rance appeared to be somewhat irritated at this digression.
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Meanings and Examples of DIGRESSION
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digression
n. a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)
n. a message that departs from the main subject
Classic Sentence:
1 To return from this digression.
2 From this digression, let me proceed to Dover.
3 John Rance appeared to be somewhat irritated at this digression.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER IV. WHAT JOHN RANCE HAD TO TELL
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER IV. WHAT JOHN RANCE HAD TO TELL
4 I think that the digression of my thoughts must have done me good, for when I got back to bed I found a lethargy creeping over me.
5 But here let me make a digression.
6 Here a short digression becomes necessary.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 9: CHAPTER IV—A BOTTLE OF INK WHICH ONLY SUCCEEDED IN WHITEN...
Context Highlight In BOOK 9: CHAPTER IV—A BOTTLE OF INK WHICH ONLY SUCCEEDED IN WHITEN...
7 By-and-by, when you've got a name, you can afford to digress, and have philosophical and metaphysical people in your novels, said Amy, who took a strictly practical view of the subject.
8 Perhaps not,' said Mr. Wickfield; 'and you bring me back to the question, with an apology for digressing.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 16. I AM A NEW BOY IN MORE SENSES THAN ONE
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 16. I AM A NEW BOY IN MORE SENSES THAN ONE
9 In one word, Queequeg, said I, rather digressively; hell is an idea first born on an undigested apple-dumpling; and since then perpetuated through the hereditary dyspepsias nurtured by Ramadans.
10 When he had enumerated the many different occasions on which the Hurons had exhibited their courage and prowess, in the punishment of insults, he digressed in a high encomium on the virtue of wisdom.
Example Sentence:
1 This was the path to digression, as this is where I began to become slightly jaded.
2 The old professor used to digress from his subject for a moment to tell his students a funny story.
3 I'll tell you a funny story,if I may digress from my subject for a monent.
4 The professor does not digress from the topic and never bores his students.
5 I've digressed a little to explain the situation so far, so let me now recap.