byzantine

Example Sentences

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Nia can talk for more than five minutes explaining the byzantine narrative she has constructed for the haunt.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2025

In its whimsically byzantine rules, the king of hearts is dubbed Heart the Lover, and the game’s secret language accompanies the trio through their lives.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

But the insider experience at Lumon is byzantine in other ways.

From Salon • Feb. 15, 2025

The path between your vote and the end goal of policies can seem byzantine.

From Salon • Aug. 23, 2024

A byzantine labyrinth of rules and regulations, he said, that he was supposed to enforce “sitting in a bar all night long, which I hated.”

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel