branching off
Example Sentences
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He likened it to a hospital "standing at one end of a corridor which goes on for miles, it was that sensation, there were all these rooms branching off left and right".
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
As comments amass over time, eliciting upvotes and increasingly meta discourse, the recipe starts branching off into infinite variations — some small, some large — perhaps indoctrinating itself into some readers’ regular cooking repertoire.
From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2023
Among the interesting features immediately apparent are a stark equatorial ridge on the main body of Dinkinesh, as well as a secondary ridgelike line branching off it.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 3, 2023
The roads have been called “arteries of destruction” and often generate deforestation resembling a fish skeleton, with smaller dirt roads branching off the spine of an official road.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 6, 2023
He ran quickly to the right, away from the main trail; for he had seen footprints that went that way, branching off from the others, the marks of small unshod feet.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
