Godfrey Weitzel, made a long detour to the west from New Orleans and thence northward.
Only after a long detour, and very much fagged, did we finally succeed in getting the last two sledges over.
At last, after a long detour, I found a way over; and the sledges were conveyed across.
You'll have to land on the south bank for the portage, because the north side is impassable, except by making a long detour.
Compelled to make a long detour because of Colonel Arnold's forces, they could not decide as to the number of soldiers, and were not certain but that the entire army of the north was advancing to strengthen the fort.
The aide-de-camp sent by the Crown Prince to announce his approach had been delayed by the condition of the roads and the necessity of making a long detour, and did not arrive at the royal headquarters until late in the afternoon.
It was, even then, necessary for the Army of the Elbe to make a long detour.
It was a long detour, and when we tried to come out on the road again, we could not find it.
Making quite a long detour, we again approached the road, this time where the timber was sparse, and the greensward soft beneath our feet.
They made a long detour, traveling only at night, Harry entering alone after dusk the villages where it was necessary to buy food.
It is some four miles off, and they will have to make a long detour to bring it back.
Then they turned, and by what seemed a long detour, at last reached firmer ground.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "long detour" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
