roundabout

Example Sentences

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“This is such a roundabout, long-winded way of doing a rejection,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

It was a more unpredictable and roundabout route than any offensive coordinator would dare draw.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

"I do think it could have a roundabout effect in a positive light, because of the profit the clubs are generating off these youth sales," he says.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

About 20 miles south of downtown Cincinnati, the new Publix sits just past a roundabout at the front entrance of a glitzy subdivision known as Triple Crown.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

Things were getting clearer, in a roundabout sort of way.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer