detour
noun
a roundabout or circuitous way or course, especially one used temporarily when the main route is closed.
detoured
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past participleof detour.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof detour.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
detournouna roundabout or circuitous way or course, especially one used temporarily when the main route is closed.
Example Sentences
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Parton "detoured the whole entourage to come around over there to where we were and then she knelt down to talk to Heather for a minute".
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
By plans laid ahead of time, most caravan vehicles detoured around the party while select caravan cars followed a police escort through the action.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026
It detoured a few thousand miles away to Utah.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026
When she was about 16, she detoured into what she called her “boy era,” pulling back from rigorous year-round training to date and go to football games like other students.
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2024
I turned and headed back—past the foundry, past Grandpa’s house, past the Cold Sassy tree and the depot, past our house, which I detoured around, and on toward the hotel and the block of stores.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
