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  • verb Present participle of digress.

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Examples

  • The hardest part is maintaining the proper organizational format and on not digressing from the main idea.

    Notes on Writing From Writers of Note « Articles « Literacy News 2009

  • In practice, Masson's approach serves mainly to excuse his habit of digressing from the miserable lives of pigs, cows, chickens, goats, and sheep to more uplifting trivia about their cousins in the wild.

    Nasty, Brutish, and Short 2004

  • In practice, Masson's approach serves mainly to excuse his habit of digressing from the miserable lives of pigs, cows, chickens, goats, and sheep to more uplifting trivia about their cousins in the wild.

    Nasty, Brutish, and Short 2004

  • But that is rather digressing from the Indian problem.

    Changing India 1938

  • However I am digressing which is easily done when thinking about boobs but I thought why not do you're own list of heroes and zeros for 2007.

    My heroes and zeros of 2007 2007

  • However I am digressing which is easily done when thinking about boobs but I thought why not do you're own list of heroes and zeros for 2007.

    Archive 2007-12-01 2007

  • It was Monmouth we came to next, after "digressing" to Symond's Yat, and as it was nearly evening by that time, Sir Lionel decided to stay the night.

    Set in Silver 1901

  • But I’m sort of digressing, which is what you’re supposed to do in a blog.

    Introducing Wayne Chestnut, Father and Guest Blogger : Edward Champion’s Reluctant Habits 2007

  • Why: During his first mid-life crisis he studied philosophy at the Sorbonne and During his second mid-life crisis he crashed loft parties in Brooklyn - who knows what kind of digressing you'll do with this guy.

    Comments for BrightestYoungThings Irene Marie 2010

  • Why: During his first mid-life crisis he studied philosophy at the Sorbonne and During his second mid-life crisis he crashed loft parties in Brooklyn - who knows what kind of digressing you'll do with this guy.

    Comments for BrightestYoungThings Irene Marie 2010

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