tortuous
Example Sentences
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You wonder if the manner of this loss – and the sub-plots that unraveled on a tortuous night for Spurs – has altered the direction of travel.
From BBC
The modern-day Gunners now stand nine games from ending that tortuous wait for glory, five points ahead of Manchester City, who have a game in hand.
From BBC
After a tortuous and contested process, a federal judge endorsed a roughly $6 billion bid by Amber.
"Yes," was the unequivocal reply when asked if this was one of the 'most satisfying' wins of his, at times, tortuous 13 months in charge.
From BBC
That may, of course, be Mr. Joseph’s point: We are as confounded by the tortuous vagaries of their painful histories, and by their stubborn inability to connect, as they themselves are.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
