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The example sentences of TORTUOUS in videos (4 in total of 4)

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Use "tortuous" in a sentence | "tortuous" example sentences

How to use "tortuous" in a sentence?

  • Happiness. Simple as a glass of chocolate or tortuous as the heart. Bitter. Sweet. Alive.
    -Joanne Harris-
  • The world is full of women blindsided by the unceasing demands of motherhood, still flabbergasted by how a job can be terrific and tortuous.
    -Anna Quindlen-
  • Men are simpler than you imagine my sweet child. But what goes on in the twisted, tortuous minds of women would baffle anyone.
    -Daphne du Maurier-
  • In cities like Athens, poor houses lined narrow and tortuous streets in spite of luxurious public buildings.
    -Stephen Gardiner-
  • Any time I have to get on a plane and leave my kids for a few days, it's kind of tortuous.
    -Sheena Easton-
  • So the people will pay the penalty for their kings' presumption, who, by devising evil, turn justice from her path with tortuous speech.
    -Hesiod-
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Definition and meaning of TORTUOUS

What does "tortuous mean?"

/ˈtôrCH(o͞o)əs/

tortuous

adjective
full of twists and turns.
other
Devious or cunning.

What are synonyms of "tortuous"?
Some common synonyms of "tortuous" are:
  • twisting,
  • winding,
  • curving,
  • curvy,
  • bending,
  • sinuous,
  • undulating,
  • coiling,
  • looping,
  • meandering,
  • serpentine,
  • snaking,
  • snaky,
  • zigzag,
  • convoluted,

You can find detailed definitions of them on this page.

/twist/

twisting
adjective verb

Turning in a curving direction e.g. road or path. To turn direction or position, as of your body.

/ˈwīndiNG/

winding
adjective noun verb

following twisting or spiral course. twisting movement or course. (Of path, road) to have a lot of turns in it.

/kərv/

curving
verb

form curve.

/ˈkərvē/

curvy
adjective

having curves.

/bend/

bending
verb

To turn in a different direction, as a road.

/ˈsinyo͞oəs/

sinuous
adjective

Winding or wavy; smooth; supple.

/ˈʌnjəlādiNG/

undulating
adjective verb

having smoothly rising and falling form. To go up and down in a flowing way.

/koil/

coiling
verb

To curl or wind around especially in neat rings.

/lo͞op/

looping
verb

form into loop or loops.

/mēˈandəriNG/

meandering
adjective noun verb

following winding course. act of following winding course. (Of a road) to follow an indirect course; wind.

/ˈsərpənˌtēn/

serpentine
adjective noun verb

of or like serpent or snake. dark green mineral consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate. move or lie in winding path or line.

/snāk/

snaking
adjective verb

Describing a long path like the shape of a snake. To wind in a long path like the shape of a snake.

/ˈsnākē/

snaky
adjective

Like a snake in appearance; long and sinuous..

/ˈziɡˌzaɡ/

zigzag
adjective adverb noun verb

having form of zigzag. so as to move right and left alternately. One of a series of short sharp turns or angles. have or move in zigzag course.

/ˈkänvəˌlo͞odəd/

convoluted
adjective

Extremely complex and difficult.

What are antonyms of "tortuous"?
Some common antonyms of "tortuous" are:
  • straight,

You can find detailed definitions of them on this page.

/strāt/

straight
adjective adverb noun

Not gay; heterosexual. in straight line. part of something that is not curved.

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