How to Use detour in a Sentence

detour

1 of 2 noun
Definition of detournext
Synonyms for detournext
  • We took a detour from the main streets.
  • The road is closed ahead, so traffic will have to follow the detour.
  • The little restaurant is worth a detour.
  • We had to make a detour around the heaviest traffic.
  • After a number of unexpected detours, we finally arrived at our destination.
  • The detour is about a mile and adds about 0.1 miles to your journey.
    — Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 17 July 2023
  • The detour into Mari’s life is one of my favorite parts of the book.
    — Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Be sure to visit the Natchez Trace Parkway for a scenic detour.
    — Hilary Tetenbaum, Detroit Free Press, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The good, bad, and ugly that dot all of our paths, whether paved with dirt or not, is filled with all sort of detours.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Think of it as a detour in your journey rather than a roadblock.
    — Caroline Castrillon, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2023
  • The journey was also altered by World War I, which meant their boat took a detour across the ocean.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Motorists using the South Street detour are advised to stay in the center lane.
    — William Thornton | [email protected], al, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Hawaii has no dearth of great beaches, but the white sand of Kauna‘oa Bay is, in Michelin Guide patois, worth a detour.
    — Charles Curkin, ELLE Decor, 7 Mar. 2023
  • The car Burns was in made a detour and ended up in a Memphis neighborhood.
    — Malka Abramoff, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Montezuma, in Seneca Falls, is a bit of a detour from the usual Finger Lakes wine route.
    — Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Hundreds of ships have been forced to take a lengthy detour around southern Africa, driving up costs.
    — Eric Schmitt, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2024
  • This hike skirts the edges of Walden Pond, taking a few detours deeper into the woods — including one to the cabin — along the way.
    — Madeline Bilis, Travel + Leisure, 10 Aug. 2023
  • The star, 41, took a detour from the European leg of her Renaissance Tour to see the exclusive show.
    — Kaitlyn Huamani, Peoplemag, 21 June 2023
  • Crews were assessing the damage to the Burke-Gilman Trail and working on setting up detour routes.
    — CBS News, 6 Dec. 2023
  • The album is paced to flow like an old-school LP, with 12 songs in 42 minutes, splicing straight-for-the-jugular songs with detours and in-jokes.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 27 Mar. 2023
  • If there’s a big pool of water between you and your destination, the safest thing to do is turn around and take a detour.
    — Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Once cleared, the detour on I-465 will be lifted, according to a news release.
    — John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Of course, there are a few detours on the itinerary before Houston.
    — Chuck Carlton, Dallas News, 12 Mar. 2023
  • People who don't want to spend the extra time that the detour will require should plan their drive outside the closure hours, Nintzel said.
    — Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 16 June 2023
  • But not before making a couple detours back to Gold Star.
    — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 23 Feb. 2024
  • With sections of the freeway and Liberty Road closed amid damage to a bridge, plan ahead for detours on your route.
    — Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 13 Mar. 2023
  • The drill scene, which took a detour to the U.K. before recentering in the Big Apple, is testosterone-filled.
    — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 28 Sep. 2023
  • There is no timeline for a complete reopening of the trail, but in the meantime hikers can take a detour.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2023
  • With the exception of one unwanted detour through a parking lot, it’s been great.
    — Larry Magid, The Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Often, the scripts resort to having the characters simply spell out what meaning we’re supposed to take from these detours.
    — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2024
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detour

2 of 2 verb
  • We detoured around the heaviest traffic.
  • A police officer was detouring traffic around the scene of the accident.
  • Traffic will be detoured to 72nd Street.
  • TriMet detours some lines to avoid parts of the route that are not safe.
    — oregonlive, 22 Nov. 2019
  • The topic detoured into him talking about the state of rock … and The 1975.
    — Ashley Iasimone, Billboard, 3 June 2023
  • Trimet’s route 20 bus is detoured eastbound due to this slide.
    — oregonlive, 27 Jan. 2020
  • Motorists can detour off the Beach Express and drive to Gulf Shores and avoid paying the bridge toll.
    — al, 12 Nov. 2020
  • Signs will be posted to guide motorists to detour on Pike Street to Third Street.
    — Brook Endale, The Enquirer, 4 June 2021
  • TriMet buses that use the Hawthorne will detour to the Morrison Bridge.
    — oregonlive, 13 July 2021
  • Motorists will be detoured around the work at the Tavern Road off-ramp and then sent back to the freeway via the Tavern on-ramp.
    — Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Broadway #17 bus will detour to the Steel Bridge during the closures.
    — oregonlive, 31 Mar. 2022
  • Pedestrians will be detoured through the park around the bridge before getting back on the Scenic Loop.
    — Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Drivers are encouraged to detour around the crash via State Route 87 or U.S. 60.
    — Helen Wieffering, azcentral, 22 June 2020
  • To be clear, the idea that the draft dominoes could detour in a way that gives the Bears an opening to go after Olave likely is far-fetched.
    — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 19 Apr. 2022
  • An 18-point deficit early in the fourth quarter didn’t detour the Lakers.
    — Staff Writer follow, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2022
  • Drivers have been detoured northbound on I-405 to the Fremont Bridge then directed to I-5 southbound on the east end of the bridge.
    — oregonlive, 1 Nov. 2019
  • Joggers with dogs detoured into the street so the broken glass wouldn’t cut the animals’ paws.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Walkers can detour for half-a-mile on Kilbroney's Narnia Trail to see these lands through Lewis' eyes.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 15 Mar. 2021
  • Several TriMet bus lines will be detoured during the event.
    — oregonlive, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Commuters were detoured from Davie Boulevard’s access ramps to I-95 for more than five hours.
    — Lisa J. Huriash, sun-sentinel.com, 22 Nov. 2019
  • Traffic will detour onto the southbound frontage road and reenter the highway from the Lamar Boulevard ramp.
    — Dallas News, 2 Aug. 2022
  • People trying to leave or get to Sierra Vista had to detour through Tombstone.
    — Angela Cordoba Perez, The Arizona Republic, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Jersey barriers mark the spot where the East Bay bike path stops to detour because of two closed bridges that will now be replaced.
    — Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Sep. 2022
  • The truth is those memories had prompted me to detour miles out of my way to visit the last free-standing Stuckey’s in Virginia.
    — Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2022
  • Click here:Metro's snow detour list This shows routes that could be detoured due to bad road conditions and how those routes might be rerouted.
    — The Enquirer, 19 Jan. 2024
  • Drivers were detoured via Interstate 29/35 over the Bond Bridge on the northeast corner of downtown.
    — Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Instead, Kennedy detoured to a 7-2 ruling that decided the cake case on narrow grounds that applied only to the dessert at hand.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 30 June 2023
  • On tape, Watts appeared to move well laterally and knew how to use his length to detour edge rushers outside and how to get in the way as a run-blocker.
    — Ryan O’Halloran, The Denver Post, 18 May 2020
  • For hours, subway service was disrupted on the No. 1, 2 and 3 lines and several bus routes were detoured.
    — Mariel Padilla, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2020
  • Fans attending the game have been detoured around the large crowd by the Los Angeles Police Department.
    — Misty Severi, Washington Examiner, 16 June 2023

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