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Meanings of tortuous in English
Usage of tortuous in English
1
But North African leaders have to navigate a particularly tortuous sectarian path.
2
Having so many regulators also makes drafting new rules a tortuous process.
3
Previous election deadlines have slipped during a tortuous United Nations-backed peace process.
4
The tortuous course of the river added much to the scenic effect.
5
Two miles, perhaps three, it wound its tortuous way down the mountain.
6
From this her mind took a tortuous and serious linking of ideas.
7
Others hoped the country's tortuous peace process would get back on track.
8
Adding to the drama was the tortuous way the names were released.
9
But she was in haste to get out of her tortuous path.
10
There are also many approaches to Belfast, some more tortuous than others.
11
To listen to the tortuous talker is a supreme test of patience.
12
It was I that lured-thatended by luring-Beatainto the tortuous path-
13
At twelve I climbed the tortuous stairs leading to the Countess's apartments.
14
At the command, each vessel began to pursue a tortuous spiral path.
15
It might be tortuous, detailed, but it would not run and run.
16
The road was a slender, tortuous one, winding through rocks and gorges.
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Tortuous through the time
Tortuous across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common