- present participle of detour.
detouring
Example Sentences
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She glanced at him once with what looked like a hint of contemptuousness and ended without detouring.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
Yet, it’s disappointment that Perkins serves up most frequently in “The Monkey,” detouring from every wide-open chance to showcase depth and humanity in favor of juvenile humor and gross-out splatter gags.
From Salon ● Feb. 21, 2025
Flights to and from Taiwan and China, Taiwan and South Korea and Taiwan and Japan were amongst those detouring around the zone on Sunday morning, according to routes tracked on Flightradar24.
From Reuters ● Apr. 16, 2023
Caltrans suggests detouring via State Route 91, which runs east-west, and Interstate 605, which runs north-south.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2023
After two hours of backbreaking labor, hauling the boats through wet, heavy snow, detouring around piles of broken floe, they were only one mile from Endurance.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
