ROUNDABOUT in a Sentence

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But he obstinately took roundabout ways, and presently he was where he could see long gray walls of vapor where lay battle lines.

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 Meanings and Examples of ROUNDABOUT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
roundabout
 a.  circuitous; going round; indirect; encircling; enveloping; comprehensive
Classic Sentence:
1  There was a slight noise behind her and she turned just in time to seize a small boy by the slack of his roundabout and arrest his flight.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
2  His cap was a dainty thing, his close-buttoned blue cloth roundabout was new and natty, and so were his pantaloons.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
3  When we got up-stairs to his room he got me a coarse shirt and a roundabout and pants of his, and I put them on.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII.
4  I heard in a roundabout way that he was safe in Texas.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIX
5  But he obstinately took roundabout ways, and presently he was where he could see long gray walls of vapor where lay battle lines.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
6  In a defeat there would be a roundabout vindication of himself.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 11
7  He made sure of his back burrows, as huntsmen say; he hastily despatched one of his agents, by a roundabout way, to guard that issue.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER X—WHICH EXPLAINS HOW JAVERT GOT ON THE SCENT
8  Yes," said he, "I'm splitting with laughter, I'm twisting with delight, I abound in joy, but I'm losing my way, I shall have to take a roundabout way.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 15: CHAPTER IV—GAVROCHE'S EXCESS OF ZEAL
9  The schoolhouse where Biddy was mistress I had never seen; but, the little roundabout lane by which I entered the village, for quietness' sake, took me past it.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter LVIII
10  We had come out upon Oxford Street and I had ventured some remark as to this being a roundabout way to Kensington, when my words were arrested by the extraordinary conduct of my companion.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In X. The Adventure of The Greek Interpreter
11  He was such an unnatural colour to look at that the men of roundabouts and waxwork shows seemed gentlemen beside him; but he considered them low company, and remained aloof.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 9 Love Leads a Shrewd Man into Strategy
Example Sentence:
1  We took a roundabout route to avoid the accident.
2  The car stalled at the roundabout.
3  We drove home by a roundabout route.
4  We leave the roundabout at the second exit.
5  At the roundabout take the third exit.
6  This conclusion was reached in a roundabout but nevertheless perfectly reliable way.
7  What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.