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Detour in a sentence

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Sentence count:85+2 Only show simple sentencesPosted:2017-03-01Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: bypassgo aroundshiftSimilar words: let outget outset outdetonateget out offerret outeau de toilettepackage tourMeaning: ['diː‚tʊə]  n. a roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked). v. travel via a detour. 
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(1) We had to make a detour round the floods.
(2) Signs directed traffic to a detour.
(3) Take a detour and see the things you might not have seen.
(4) I used to detour, because would like to see you at a glance.
(5) We had to make a lengthy detour through the backstreets.
(6) She made a detour and rejoined us on the other side of the wood.
(7) The monument is well worth a detour.
(8) We made a detour to avoid the heavy traffic.
(9) They had to detour a road-block.
(10) We had to detour a road-block.
(11) We took a detour to avoid the town centre.
(12) Trucks now face a five-mile detour around the bridge.
(13) The ship made a detour to the south.
(14) We had to detour around the town centre(sentencedict.com), so it took us longer than usual.
(15) It's well worth making a detour to see the village.
(16) He was happy to make a detour for her convenience.
(17) They made a 3[Sentencedict],000 mile detour simply to prove a point.
(18) We had to make a detour around the flooded fields.
(19) He made a detour to see it.
(20) We took a detour to avoid the street repairs.
(21) This secondary road offers a detour well worth making.
(22) The traveller was forced to make an enormous detour.
(23) Measure and calculate the detour index for the route between Plymouth and Exeter.
(24) A detour to disaster can come disguised as an ideal shortcut.
(25) A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery while on a detour.
(26) Remember that adversity is not a dead end but a detour to a better outcome.
(27) In case anyone was following me, I made an elaborate detour.
(28) He did not take the direct route to his home, but made a detour around the outskirts of the city.
(29) Half the road was up in Leadenhall Street, so their taxi was obliged to make a detour.
(30) Further to the north you take the ferry across from East to West Cowes to avoid a big detour inland via Newport.
More similar words: let outget outset outdetonateget out offerret outeau de toilettepackage tourdetaindetectdetestdetaildetractdetentedetachedvendettadetailedin detailtourtoutdetentioncoup d'etatdeterrentdeterminedetectivestoutdetermineddetachmentget onget off
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