tortuous
IPA: tˈɔrtʃʌwʌs
adjective
- (often figurative) Twisted; having many turns; convoluted.
- (astrology) Oblique; applied to the six signs of the zodiac (from Capricorn to Gemini) that ascend most rapidly and obliquely.
- (obsolete) Injurious; tortious.
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Examples of "tortuous" in Sentences
- This is a tortuous misrepresentation of policy.
- But on further thought it would make the prose a bit tortuous.
- I've prepared a summary of the tortuous history of this redirect.
- In addition, a tortuous path is provided for movement of rabbits.
- In late February after a tortuous day in the field I called Barb.
- It resulted in seven years of tortuous bureaucratic decision making.
- It lies behind the facial artery and follows a less tortuous course.
- In a preferred form, the interconnecting passage takes a tortuous path.
- At this point, the history of the Black Canary becomes particularly tortuous.
- A double walled stem cooperates with the barrel to form a rear tortuous path.
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