tortuousness
Example Sentences
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Besides a general, jerky tortuousness of plot and hint and good red herring, separate scenes are overtrained to a point at which, matched together, they are too stale for the race.
From Time Magazine Archive
This transaction, taken in connection with the tortuousness of his public course, explains the distrust I have always expressed for him.
From Democracy, an American novel by Adams, Henry
His mind occupied itself at first chiefly with the tortuousness and weakness of his own character.
From Soul of a Bishop by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
The meticulous tortuousness of family life struck Mr. Twist with a sudden great impatience.
From Christopher and Columbus by Elizabeth
Our course now changed to south-west, and as the width and tortuousness began to decrease--a sure indication that the country was rising--we soon made another six miles.
