How to use "digression" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "digression" in popular movie and book plots

  • Apart from a brief digression about how his parents came to marry (they are cousins), we immediately follow Kvachi's early life.  - Kvachi Kvachantiradze
  • This leads into Lucy’s digression where she tells a story of a young man who was deceived by a prostitute and fell ill to disease, warning the reader to not engage in these areas of the city.  - The Female Marine
  • There is then a church ceremony on the boat, with an ironic digression on the Bible being based on white symbolism.  - The Outing (short story)
  • Before the visit to the lawyer there is a digression of an entire canto in which much fun is had at the events after Oliver Cromwell's death.  - Hudibras

Example sentences for "digression" in interesting articles

  • which is basically the same thing as say a pipe bomb except with, like, gases,” LaDue patiently explained to Schroeder, before launching into a long technical digression on the relative merits of hydrazine, ammonium perchlorate, Cheddite, nitroglycerin, and flash powder.  - Thresholds of Violence: How School Shootings Spread
  • I’m sure you believe that war is peace, freedom is slavery, and we have always been at war with Eastasia, too. Erik on 2015-11-06 at 08:24:08 said: Eric, what’s the etiquette here when someone backs up their argument by citing a tempest in someone else’s teacup? I disagree with Nico regarding the Sad Puppies, but trying to explain why would risk a long digression into a subject that’s previously attracted multiple shitstorms, in a thread where it seems tempers are already running high.  - ESR: FEMALE ADVOCACY ARE TRYING TO FRAME LINUS TORVALDS FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT

Meaning of "digression" in English

  • wandering from the main path of a journey
  • a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)
    Examples
    - a digression into irrelevant details
    - a deflection from his goal
  • a message that departs from the main subject

Meaning of "digression" in Hindi

  • उत्क्रम ( Utkram)
  • विचलन ( Vichalan, wichalan)
  • व्यतिक्रम ( Vyatikram, wyatikram)
  • भटकाव

Synonyms of "digression"

  • excursus
  • deflexion
  • divagation
  • deviation
  • diversion
  • aside
  • deflection
  • excursion
  • parenthesis

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