Both Uses of
digress
in
Love in the Time of Cholera
- Before they closed the coffin Fermina Daza took off her wedding ring and put it on her dead husband's finger, and then she covered his hand with hers, as she always did when she caught him digressing in public.
Chpt 1digressing = wandering away from the main topic
- Before he came to the heart of his intentions, Dr. Urbino Daza made several digressions on the subject of aging.
Chpt 6 *digressions = wanderings from the main topic
Definition:
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(digress) wander from a direct or straight course -- typically verbally