Example Sentences

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But here I am digressing again from Doctor Plausible to Doctor Vance.

From Newton Forster by Marryat, Frederick

I am digressing, and I humbly beg my readers pardon; it was all owing to Harry’s getting away, in behind that bit of tangled scrub, in order to perform his morning devotions.

From Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy by Stables, Gordon

I fear I am digressing, but these remarks may be new to some readers.

From In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life by Stables, Gordon

But I am digressing, and so back to my subject—the Russian long-haired cat.

From Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured by Weir, Harrison

But I find I am digressing terribly, and the gloomy winter days of England, which make the recollection of a bright tropical morning so agreeable a task to contemplate, must be my excuse.

From Australian Search Party by Bates, Henry Walter