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In that regard, “Bridgerton” chugs deliciously along for at least five episodes before it starts to convolute and collapse on itself.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 22, 2020

To convolute matters more, the federal government does not require prisons or jails to collect data on pregnancy and childbirth among female inmates.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 24, 2020

The suit on the right includes a waist convolute, which allowed the Apollo 15–17 lunar surface crews to sit on the lunar rover.

From Slate ● Dec. 16, 2013

But these new songs don’t feel arbitrary when they warp or convolute.

From New York Times ● Jun. 4, 2010

Thornless and prickless; leaves convolute in the bud; racemes several-flowered; calyx-tube elongated; berry naked and glabrous.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray

The city’s convoluted building and development process is unique to the city of L.A. and can’t be compared to other cities in the state, said Haines of the East Hollywood Neighborhood Council.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026

Yet even with an ideal cast and in a more congenial theater, the play would feel diffuse and somewhat convoluted.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Too many overlapping yarns in a movie make for a convoluted final product, a big clump of colorful material that’s too dense to pry apart to see the substance lurking below.

From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2026

“Yes, we are starting to see recovery, but the issue is a large portion of those barrels have to take a more convoluted route,” said Ben McMillan, chief investment officer at IDX Advisors.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

The syntax can be defective, convoluted, ambiguous; these are flaws that can be prevented by an awareness of the treelike nature of a sentence.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

He has disobeyed all the "rules," convoluting and twirling the plastic concrete with an insolent skill, and even using that antediluvian material glass block with flair.

From Time Magazine Archive

“A convoluting gray cloud had piled where Mount St. Helens should be,” said Bea.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

Suddenly, I realized that I was in more than any mortal danger; for the convoluting shadows about the ring were taking shape, and the death-hand was forming within the Pentacle.

From Carnacki, the Ghost Finder by William Hope Hodgson

The robot held me back as Lhar advanced toward the girls, the skirt-like frill at her base convoluting as she moved.

From Where the World is Quiet by Henry Kuttner

Before them rose the fantastic, twisting, convoluting, turning spires of a tall, marvelous, glittering city.

From Collector's Item by Evelyn E. Smith