TORTUOUS in a Sentence

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Having reached the summit of his vengeance by a long and tortuous path, he saw an abyss of doubt yawning before him.

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 Meanings and Examples of TORTUOUS
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
tortuous
 a.  marked by repeated turns or bends; winding or twisting; not straightforward; circuitous
Classic Sentence:
1  She spoke with the noble directness which she could command on such occasions, and which was like a large steady light thrown across the tortuous darkness of the situation.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 7
2  All the mystery and witchery of the night seemed to have gathered there amid the perfumes and the dusky and tortuous outlines of flowers and foliage.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XVII
3  In this manner Cosette traversed the labyrinth of tortuous and deserted streets which terminate in the village of Montfermeil on the side of Chelles.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER V—THE LITTLE ONE ALL ALONE
4  The insurrection had made of the centre of Paris a sort of inextricable, tortuous, colossal citadel.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER IV—THE EBULLITIONS OF FORMER DAYS
5  Having reached the summit of his vengeance by a long and tortuous path, he saw an abyss of doubt yawning before him.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 113. The Past.
6  The two men went along some tortuous passages and up a dark staircase and came to a secluded room where one of the stewards was uncorking bottles for a few gentlemen.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In A MOTHER
Example Sentence:
1  The only road access is a tortuous mountain route.
2  He took a tortuous route through back streets.
3  The story without tortuous how can teach people to grow.
4  Because this road is so tortuous, it is unwise to go faster than twenty miles an hour on it.