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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 popular optional excursion is an hour’s detour to Guangzhou Zoo, founded in 1958.
If you have brought your own transport, make a short detour to see the handsome landmark church of São Martinho.
Take a detour along the way down one of the side streets, alphabetically arranged from A to H, starting at the Public Garden (they’re named after English peers).
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.
Circumvent is much more precise than the term work around and suggests a planned detour to avoid the law.