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Example sentences for: detour

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

A trickle of cigarette smoke takes a detour around the caterpillar mustache before negotiating some nose hairs.
The mailman, it's true, has not yet read the novel, only the reviews, and our lively conversation (many skyward hand gestures) veers in theological directions alien to American Pastoral . But I cite the theological detour to show what is going on these days every time I pick up the phone or loll about on the springtime sidewalk.
Rural Route 1 joins the multi-lane US Highway 101 at San Luis Obispo for the final leg to Los Angeles, but two places are worth a detour from the freeway.
La table mérite un detour . Gotta catch 'em all, Pokémon.
With a short detour, you can also take in Yasukuni Jinja.