tortuous

Example Sentences

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Which was tortuous because I’m like, “How do I recreate this thing that I didn’t even fully make myself?”

From Los Angeles Times

And when temperatures rise, their bare, tortuous branches fill with bunches of blooms.

From New York Times

The party has proven to be a central player in almost seven years of often tortuous Brexit talks and its resistance has torpedoed previous attempts at agreement.

From Reuters

They figured if their house had survived Ida, it could survive just about anything, and they didn't want to abandon their ailing hometown as it began the tortuous recovery process.

From Salon

International negotiations preparing for the COP conference are proving tortuous, and the PM’s being criticised by some Conservative backbench MPs who argue that the cost of achieving near-zero emissions by 2050 is too high.

From BBC