of Digress

It was Monmouth we came to next, after " digressing to Symond's Yat, and as it was nearly evening by that time, Sir Lionel decided to stay the night. – Set in Silver by Charles Norris Williamson and Alice Muriel Williamson

But I am digressing an old man's failing. – Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 by Various

There were times when Mark Twain wrote without much sequence, digressing this way and that, as his fancy led him, charmingly and entertainingly enough, with no large, logical idea. – Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete The Personal And Literary Life Of Samuel Langhorne Clemens by Albert Bigelow Paine Last Updated: February 20, 2009

But we are digressing and keeping him from his dinner. – A Dog with a Bad Name by Talbot Baines Reed

The attractions of digressing are far more insidious than would appear at first sight. – The Book-Hunter at Home by P. B. M. Allan