tangent

Example Sentences

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Redick then followed the tangent when asked why it was “unfortunate.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2026

Reflecting that quirky organization, the book ends on tangent rather than a big wrap-up.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 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

I sometimes dreamed about sine, cosine and tangent, about mysterious angles and concussed computations, but for all this I made no real progress.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover