Example sentences for: detour

How can you use “detour” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Between the Inner and Outer courts are the Eastern Exhibition Halls, requiring a detour to the right as one proceeds north.

  • A trickle of cigarette smoke takes a detour around the caterpillar mustache before negotiating some nose hairs.

  • La table mérite un detour . Gotta catch 'em all, Pokémon.

  • Just north of Inca is the tiny town of Caimari, worth a quick detour to take in the amazing hillside of terraced olive groves, neatly layered among ancient stones.

  • The Hall of Clocks and Hall of Jewelry, collections of gifts to the emperors, are worth a detour to the right, as is the Nine-Dragon Screen (Jiulongbi), carved in 1775.


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