digression

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Now, a brief digression, because I feel strongly about this.

From Salon • Mar. 5, 2026

The settings—generic spaces such as cafés, train stations, hotel lobbies, and offices—tend to be described with similar brevity, while the detectives’ actions are recounted in prose generally lacking metaphor, simile, or fanciful digression.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

But the book’s circuitous, meandering structure, including a major digression about one of Siegfried’s sisters, tests the reader’s patience.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2025

Woodward concludes the digression: “I will never forget the intensity of his worry.”

From Slate • Oct. 15, 2024

But this is what is called a digression, and now I am going to go back to the fact that it was a Good Day.

From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon