However, I am digressing from my story of the creation of the universe.

I digress into Soho, to explore a book-stall.

Gentlemen, I would just digress for a moment if I am not tiring you.

For if we had furnished them with that argument which is perhaps the one which they actually used, "We did so because our enemies warred against us without any considerations of justice and piety," we should then be digressing to the subject of retorting an accusation, of which we will speak hereafter.

Here "the great game" digresses in another direction, that takes no account of Turkey.

When we digressed as to the meaning of the word gentleman, we were considering the matter of suitability.