Example sentences for: circuitous

How can you use “circuitous” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • An indirect approach to conservation is like taking the circuitous route, he says, and the chances are that you will run out of fuel.

  • He draws an analogy with a car journey from A to B. There are two routes that will bring you to B, one circuitous and the other direct.

  • But maybe, just maybe, in some circuitous and stealthy way, Not-Knowing will play its part in revising that lapse, prompting young readers in particular to seek out the best work of an American original, part philosophe and part banana.

  • It includes long digressions on subjects ranging from the European origins of private detective work to the gradings along the circuitous railroad route from Denver to Boise.

  • Don’t get too concerned if you seem to be following a very roundabout route; one-way streets often make getting from point A to point B in Kathmandu a circuitous experience.


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