Sentences with phrase «instead of the tangent»

Perhaps instead of the tangent of whether or not to vaccinate people could focus on what the article was actually about.

Not exact matches

I'm begging you to actually answer instead of going off on one of your goofy ass tangents again.

Kind of a tangent, but I read this great little article recently that encouraged people to ask, when talking to young girls, about what they'd read recently that was interesting, or something they discovered, instead of asking them superficial questions about hair, beauty, makeup, and shopping.

Instead of drawing attention to the non-linear arrangement and potentially turning it into a gimmick, Power and his editor, Katie Flaxman, go the other way, weaving the tangents together subtly.

I got off on a tangent, a modest proposal that perhaps it was a better idea to turn all those plastics into building materials that last instead of disposable bottles that get dumped in the ocean - that if we are going to make plastic, let's make it last.

For example, Justice Brown points out that counsel prefer to wait nine months to obtain a hearing date for a full day summary judgment motion instead of accepting a trial date three months down the road — a point that leads me off on a personal tangent...