I hardly ever learn anything in my history class because my teacher always rambles off on a tangential topic that has nothing to do with history.

During the student’s presentation, she was so nervous her speech was filled with tangential thoughts that were not related to each other.

Our team lost the debate because our responses were tangential and did not respond to our opponent’s position on the subject.

Although Alan owned a part of the basketball team, he had only a tangential interest in the sport and rarely watched the games.

In her latter years, my grandmother would often respond to our questions with tangential responses that completely confused us.