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Tortuous meaning

  1. Twisted; having many turns; convoluted.
  2. Oblique; applied to the six signs of the zodiac (from Capricorn to Gemini) that ascend most rapidly and obliquely.
  3. Injurious; tortious.

Using Tortuous

  • The main meaning on this page is: Twisted; having many turns; convoluted. | Oblique; applied to the six signs of the zodiac (from Capricorn to Gemini) that ascend most rapidly and obliquely. | Injurious; tortious.
  • Useful related words include: byzantine, crooked, voluminous, winding.
  • In the example corpus, tortuous often appears in combinations such as: and tortuous, the tortuous, tortuous process.

Context around Tortuous

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 29.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 10 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Tortuous

  • In this selection, "tortuous" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, enduring, constitutes, bizarre, negotiations, brexit and heat stand out and add context to how "tortuous" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include after enduring tortuous legal struggles and as a tortuous 25 hour. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "tortuous" sits close to words such as abating, abstaining and accumulator, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with tortuous

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

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But the real path to complexity is more tortuous. (9 words)

A Conservative prime minister’s tortuous Brexit negotiations are in their endgame. (12 words)

Players are given the choice whether to control either a female Eivor or a male version – or you can play as both sexes in alternation, according to the whims of the Animus, the time-bending machine at the heart of Assassin’s Creed’s tortuous lore. (46 words)

Perhaps most important, however, is that the Brown report is a first draft, full of ambiguities, and it’s now out for consultation, which could be tortuous: There’s no guarantee a version of it will make Labour’s next manifesto. (41 words)

On Wednesday night, the US Supreme Court his execution after his lawyers had claimed Smith was at undue risk of a tortuous death that would amount to cruel and unusual punishment, violating the 8th and 14th amendments of the US Constitution. (41 words)

What is tortuous colon ICD 10? (6 words)

Is doing TV a little easier than that long and tortuous process, at least? (14 words)

Example sentences (20)

A Conservative prime minister’s tortuous Brexit negotiations are in their endgame.

Charlton’s stamina was one of his greatest assets but, with England leading 2-1 and with 20 minutes to go in the tortuous heat of Leon, Mexico, Ramsey decided fatefully, to substitute the Manchester United star.

Its tortuous tale begins in 1897 when a track running from Dingwall to Cromarty was proposed as part of a wider effort to increase the scope of the Highland rail network.

Last but not least, let's put on the boots, bullet in the chamber, and take a short hike through the tortuous paths that you'll soon have to master.

Perhaps most important, however, is that the Brown report is a first draft, full of ambiguities, and it’s now out for consultation, which could be tortuous: There’s no guarantee a version of it will make Labour’s next manifesto.

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And after enduring tortuous legal struggles for housing rights, Mizrahim continue to be evicted from the very homes that the state settled them in three generations earlier.

In addition, your actions are likely to interfere with my client’s ongoing professional career which constitutes tortuous interference, and is a blatant violation of numerous other business statutes.

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On Wednesday night, the US Supreme Court his execution after his lawyers had claimed Smith was at undue risk of a tortuous death that would amount to cruel and unusual punishment, violating the 8th and 14th amendments of the US Constitution.

The bizarre, tortuous journey of the Bahia Emerald began in the depths of a Brazilian mine and eventually landed it in a Los Angeles County sheriff’s evidence locker, where it remains today.

But the real path to complexity is more tortuous.

He was then ferried to Calabar by road in what colleagues and family describe as a tortuous 25 hour journey where he arrived on the 24th.

Is doing TV a little easier than that long and tortuous process, at least?

Players are given the choice whether to control either a female Eivor or a male version – or you can play as both sexes in alternation, according to the whims of the Animus, the time-bending machine at the heart of Assassin’s Creed’s tortuous lore.

That’s much easier to do in the U.S. compared with the euro area, which has a single central bank but multiple governments in charge of budgets, and spending caps that often require tortuous negotiations.

After three days of tortuous negotiations, Germany’s defence minister, Ursula von der Leyen, received the support of heads of state and government to replace Jean-Claude Juncker as president of the commission in Brussels.

A solitary, painful experience is shared online, sometimes with actual friends, and in doing so, the whole thing becomes less tortuous.

European Union leaders agreed Tuesday to name Frenchwoman Christine Lagarde as the new head of the European Central Bank and sealed a deal on filling the other four top jobs in the bloc after tortuous marathon talks exposed their deepening divisions.

I brought Lucas a copy of his newspaper-clip file, detailing the Country Boy’s long and tortuous interface with the criminal-justice system, a period in which he would do time in nearly a dozen state and federal joints.

I got pregnant with my first child, welcomed my precious son into the world and then, over nine tortuous months fighting for him to survive, lost him in a hospital room on a hot summer’s day in Melbourne.

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Common combinations with tortuous

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Frequently asked questions

How do you use "tortuous" in a sentence?
An example: "A Conservative prime minister’s tortuous Brexit negotiations are in their endgame." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "tortuous" from authentic English texts.
What does "tortuous" mean?
Tortuous means: Twisted; having many turns; convoluted.
What are synonyms of "tortuous"?
Common synonyms of "tortuous" include: byzantine, crooked, voluminous, winding, twisty, twisting, complex, tangled. Plus 4 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "tortuous" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "tortuous", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.