tangent

Example Sentences

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He deftly maneuvers the conversation when necessary but also knows when to let one of his co-hosts or a guest go off on a tangent, which often leads to the most interesting material.

From Washington Post

The whole event seemed like an effort to distract attendees with graphics, numbers, slideshows, and tangents, without ever sharing anything at all.

From Salon

Krieps, who is self-deprecating and warm in person but prone to earnest tangents about art and nature, said that the notion of “Old” being shown in so many theaters was stressing her out.

From New York Times

Often, he derails the conversations with jokes about writing a memoir or strange tangents about moving to Venezuela, where he doesn’t know a soul.

From Seattle Times

But the settings of the events, the side tangents the leaders indulged and the questions that inflamed their tempers also revealed how Biden and Putin see their roles and vulnerabilities.

From Seattle Times