In a sentence
Six example sentences with digress, each labelled with its topic.
The lecturer would digress for ten minutes about medieval bread ovens before returning to the causes of the revolt.
History
Founders who digress into product trivia during a pitch often lose the room before reaching the slide about revenue.
Startups
Halfway through the ballad the singer digresses into a story about her grandmother, then picks up the same verse again.
Music
The narrator will digress for whole chapters on whaling gear before remembering there is a ship and a captain.
Literature
The senator digressed into a story about his grandfather's farm, then returned to the water bill as if nothing had happened.
Politics
The judge warned the witness not to digress, since the question concerned the date on the invoice and nothing else.
Law
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