Definition, Betydelse & Synonymer | Engelska ordet DIGRESS

Definition av DIGRESS

1. avvika (från ämnet), göra en utvikning

Exempel på hur man kan använda DIGRESS i en mening

• The tendency in his essays to digress into anecdotes and personal ruminations was seen as detrimental to proper style rather than as an innovation, and his declaration that "I am myself the matter of my book" was viewed by his contemporaries as self-indulgent.
• However, he opined that the novel tends to digress, describing it as a "Chinese puzzle box constructed on a universal scale," and pointing out that, while Imajica dazzles with its inventiveness, it sometimes suffers from an overindulgence in detail that detracts from the overall plot.
• That night, the gnat appears to the shepherd in a dream, laments its undeserved fate, and gives a long description of the underworld and the souls of the dead mythological heroes there, allowing it to digress.
• Many Arab recipient countries have also avoided of speaking on aid openly in order to digress from the idea of hierarchy of Eurocentrism and Wester-centrism, which are in some ways reminders of the colonial pasts.
• When John writes of having been at sea for 22 days, the anonymous author takes that as a cue to digress on the perils of sea travel (sirens, Charybdis), which segues into a description of the dangers to be found on land (snakes, cockatrices).

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