DETOUR in a Sentence
Learn DETOUR from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
12 example sentences for DETOUR, such as:
1. Take a detour and see the things you might not have seen.
2. I used to detour, because would like to see you at a glance.
3. She made a detour and rejoined us on the other side of the wood.
4. A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery while on a detour.
5. Remember that adversity is not a dead end but a detour to a better outcome.
2. I used to detour, because would like to see you at a glance.
3. She made a detour and rejoined us on the other side of the wood.
4. A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery while on a detour.
5. Remember that adversity is not a dead end but a detour to a better outcome.
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Meanings and Examples of DETOUR
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detour
n. a roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked)
v. travel via a detour
Classic Sentence:
1 And when the nine dogs of Napoleon's own bodyguard, whom he had instructed to make a detour under cover of the hedge, suddenly appeared on the men's flank, baying ferociously, panic overtook them.
2 Sometimes Holmes would hurry on, sometimes stop dead, and once he made quite a little detour into the meadow.
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3 However, one morning Marija took her usual detour, and, to her horror and dismay, saw a crowd of people in front of the bank, filling the avenue solid for half a block.
4 Once outside, he and Planchet set off as fast as they could; and by making a long detour avoided the wood and reentered the city by another gate.
5 One came out of a piece of newly cleared ground, making a wide detour to avoid the snakes.
Example Sentence:
1 I used to detour, because would like to see you at a glance.
2 A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery while on a detour.
3 Take a detour and see the things you might not have seen.
4 Remember that adversity is not a dead end but a detour to a better outcome.
5 She made a detour and rejoined us on the other side of the wood.
6 We were too tired to appreciate the beauty of this cascade because we had to detour around it to avoid watering down.
7 Drivers who slow down briefly or who make a detour from the main route will still be caught because up to 50 of the cameras will work together in network.