tangent

Example Sentences

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At the same time, it was telling that a common reaction to Landry’s tangent was:

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2025

This is a bit of a tangent, but go with me for a second.

From Slate • Jun. 26, 2025

"Some of them will run straight, some of them will not start at all, some of them will go off on a tangent or bite each other," she explained.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2025

I feel like cookbooks — I’m going off on a bit of a tangent, but maybe not — used to be the solution to problems.

From Salon • Sep. 28, 2024

Ordinarily Penelope would have been very proud of his pteridomaniacal expertise, but at the word “letter” her mind had skipped off on a tangent from which it had not yet returned.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood