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Digress | Digression | Digressions | Digressing | Digressed | Digresses | Digressive

Digress meaning

  1. To step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve; especially, to turn aside from the main subject of attention, or course of argument, in writing or speaking.
  2. To turn aside from the right path; to transgress; to offend.

Synonyms of Digress

stray divagate wander tell sidetrack depart straggle deviate divert

Related words

Other words often associated with Digress or its synonyms:

travel diverge roll conform drift vary move differ turn swan part reprobate

Using Digress

  • The main meaning on this page is: To step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve; especially, to turn aside from the main subject of attention, or course of argument, in writing or speaking. | To turn aside from the right path; to transgress; to offend.
  • Useful related words include: stray, divagate, wander, tell.
  • In the example corpus, digress often appears in combinations such as: but digress, to digress, we digress.

Context around Digress

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 21.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 9 start, 0 middle, 11 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations

Often after:

returning 1× hutchinson 1× candidate 1×

Sentence patterns with Digress

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

but i digress 9× again i digress you gotta 1× but i digress back to 1× but i digress candidate trump 1× but i digress hutchinson was 1× but i digress my one 1× but i digress returning to 1× but i digress this administration 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

but i digress 5× again i digress 1× blatantly calling someone 1× i digress to 1× i digress we 1× i find it 1×

Common sentence endings:

but i digress 9× anti freedom policies 1× but we digress 1× concrete by hand 1× drawing great guffaws 1× heard myself talk 1×

Words around Digress

Just before it in the word index:

digregorio 8 digraphs 25 digraph 22 digpaul 2 digp 2 digoxin 7

Just after it in the word index:

digressed 4 digresses 3 digressing 6 digression 20 digressions 14 digressive 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

abaribe 41 abbasids 41 abstentions 41 acadians 41 acrisure 41 acrobats 41

Corpus analysis for Digress

  • In this selection, "digress" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 21.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, returning, hutchinson and candidate stand out and add context to how "digress" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include but i digress and again i digress you gotta. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "digress" sits close to words such as abaribe, abbasids and abstentions, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with digress

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

But I digress, back to the task at hand. (9 words)

Not traditional Halloween weather I admit, but I digress. (9 words)

Blatantly calling someone boring actually does sound personal, but we digress. (11 words)

Longer example sentences

But I digress; returning to Netflix’s Queen Cleopatra, here we point out what should be obvious: not only are Egyptians not racially Black—which I know from personal, familial, and travel experience—but Cleopatra wasn’t even Egyptian. (39 words)

I digress to Akeley because he came up with what is still a widely used construction process called “shotcrete,” which involves spraying concrete onto armatures of rebar and metal mesh, then carving or troweling the wet concrete by hand. (39 words)

But I digress, Hutchinson was in his element, covering a vast range of subjects in his observational style, interacting with the audience (particularly with a family whose name seemed to fascinate him) and drawing great guffaws. (36 words)

Exclamation examples

But I digress.) Candidate Trump was not only allowed to remain in the race, he won the highest office in the land! (22 words)

Example sentences (20)

But I digress, back to the task at hand.

But I digress; returning to Netflix’s Queen Cleopatra, here we point out what should be obvious: not only are Egyptians not racially Black—which I know from personal, familial, and travel experience—but Cleopatra wasn’t even Egyptian.

But I digress, this administration is Communist or might as well be with their anti business, anti freedom policies.

I digress to Akeley because he came up with what is still a widely used construction process called “shotcrete,” which involves spraying concrete onto armatures of rebar and metal mesh, then carving or troweling the wet concrete by hand.

I find it amazing that PragerU does not have one Black person in leadership but have plenty of Blacks that they pay to entertain white folks with all kinds of buffoonery, but I digress.

I had to digress in my own head when I heard myself talk.

Unsurprising, really, when they are stacked to the brim with diversity hires, wine aunts, kleptomaniac transgender freakshows and child sexualization apologists, but I digress.

But I digress, Hutchinson was in his element, covering a vast range of subjects in his observational style, interacting with the audience (particularly with a family whose name seemed to fascinate him) and drawing great guffaws.

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I would have appreciated if Cohen opened up his hiring prospects to people who preferred penning to Tweets, but I digress.

Nothing is as sweet as a shih tzu jumping on your chest to wake you up and licking your face in the morning, but I digress (my one weakness).

Not traditional Halloween weather I admit, but I digress.

Ok, very little for me meant yelling at the Saints and that sub-par performance, but I digress.

I digress, we won and now shit atop the pile of broken players and dreams that is the NFC (l)East.

So the Giants were not supposed to be a total pushover, but I digress.

Yes, the last two NFL MVPs didn’t do this, but I digress.

Again I digress, you gotta stop all that hate, it'll just hurt you.

Blatantly calling someone boring actually does sound personal, but we digress.

But I digress.) Candidate Trump was not only allowed to remain in the race, he won the highest office in the land!

My personal favorite joke involves Tesla trying to recreate the Lexus "ball bearing" commercial from the early 1990s and running out of bearings, but I digress.

Once sold, these proceeds can be added to the investment portfolio, but I digress.

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Common combinations with digress

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "digress" in a sentence?
An example: "But I digress, back to the task at hand." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "digress" from authentic English texts.
What does "digress" mean?
Digress means: To step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve; especially, to turn aside from the main subject of attention, or course of argument, in writing or speaking.
What are synonyms of "digress"?
Common synonyms of "digress" include: stray, divagate, wander, tell, sidetrack, depart, straggle, deviate. Plus 1 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "digress" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "digress", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.