digress
verb (used without object)
to deviate or wander away from the main topic or purpose in speaking or writing; depart from the principal line of argument, plot, study, etc.
are digressing
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present progressiveof digress.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“You are digressing really fast, I’m just saying,” Haley added, laughing off the incident before promising to keep in mind his running-mate suggestion.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 20, 2023
However, we are digressing from Lledrod Davies, who it seems had intended to enter the Church, but died before he could be ordained.
From Stranger Than Fiction Being Tales from the Byways of Ghosts and Folk-lore by Mary L. Lewes
But we are digressing, and keeping him from his dinner.
From A Dog with a Bad Name by Talbot Baines Reed
"We are digressing," the senator from New York interrupted.
From The Lever A Novel by William Dana Orcutt
But we are digressing into the pleasures of the modern sportsman.
From Books and Bookmen by Andrew Lang
