Word info

digressing

Meaning

of Digress

Source: Webster's dictionary

Examples

I like school very much, and I'll go to college if my career slows down. But kids go to college to be where I am today. Not to put college down, but for me, it would be digressing. Dana Hill

And when he does, notice how he dribbles in squiggles, as if his meanderings with the ball was somewhat positively philosophical, digressing but always moving forward. Source: Internet

The poem goes through the Roman calendar, explaining the origins and customs of important Roman festivals, digressing on mythical stories, and giving astronomical and agricultural information appropriate to the season. Source: Internet

The stories in his films were very simple yet unfocused and constantly digressing from the main story line. citation From the beginning of his career, Godard included more film references into his movies than did any of his New Wave colleagues. Source: Internet

This comment angered Ken Agyapong who insisted he has more evidences to back his claims and hence threatened that: “if Akandoh claims I am digressing, I put my life on the line…I will take in poison if he is not jailed.” Source: Internet

Though it could be said to have worked well, controversies sticking from the period known as 1/11 in Bangladesh – without digressing too far, the years 2007-8 that saw the country ruled by a ‘military-backed’ caretaker government. Source: Internet

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