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wander from a direct or straight course — especially verbally- She always digresses when telling a story.
digresses = wanders from a direct course
- She likes it when they stick to the numbers and don't digress into storytelling.
- "All this is a digression," he added in a different tone.George Orwell -- 1984
- Before he came to the heart of his intentions, Dr. Urbino Daza made several digressions on the subject of aging.Gabriel Garcia Marquez -- Love in the Time of Cholera
- The trouble with me is, I like it when somebody digresses. It's more interesting and all.J.D. Salinger -- The Catcher in the Rye
- 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.Bram Stoker -- Dracula
- To return from this digression.Jonathan Swift -- Gulliver's Travels
- When the demon digressed into observations about his chef's latest dishes, Max broke in.Henry H. Neff -- The Fiend And The Forge
- But I am again digressing.Frederick Douglass -- The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
- But this is mere digression from my purpose.William Shakespeare -- Henry IV, Part 2
- Thy noble shape is but a form of wax,
Digressing from the valor of a man;William Shakespeare -- Romeo and Juliet - Lou felt that they were wandering from the point, and that in digression Alexandra might unnerve him.Willa Cather -- O Pioneers!
- I am come to keep my word, though in some part enforced to digressWilliam Shakespeare -- The Taming of the Shrew
- Is it perfume from a dress
That makes me so digress?T.S. Eliot -- The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock - All these digressions, they just screw up your story's sound.Tim O'Brien -- The Things They Carried
- After this long digression we have now arrived once more at the point where Pudd'nhead Wilson, while waiting for the arrival of the twins...Mark Twain -- Pudd'nhead Wilson
- One of them ... informed me with ... and many digressions ... that my steamer was at the bottom of the river.Joseph Conrad -- Heart of Darkness
- Keep your boat-crew leaders and your class leaders informed of any digression from the normal.Marcus Luttrell -- Lone Survivor
- Chairman said that there had been many irrelevancies yesterday and matters discussed best left undiscussed—and that he would permit no digressions today.Robert A. Heinlein -- The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
- By my rambling digressions I perceive myself to be grown old. I us'd to write more methodically.Benjamin Franklin -- The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
digress = wander from a direct course
digression = off the main topic (wandering from a direct course)
digressions = wanderings from the main topic
digresses = wanders off topic while talking
digression = wandering off topic
digression = a wandering from a direct or straight course — especially verbally
digressed = wandered off topic
digressing = wandering from a direct or straight course — especially verbally
digression = straying (wandering from a direct or straight course)
digressing = deviating (different)
digression = wandering of topic
digress = wander from a direct or straight course — especially verbally
digress = wander off topic
digressions = wanderings from a direct or straight course
digression = a wandering from a direct or straight course — especially verbally
digressions = wanderings off the main topic
digression = change (wandering)
digressions = wandering off topic
digressions = wanderings from a direct or straight course — especially verbally