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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

Petals 5 or 10, regular, spreading, flat, convolute in the bud, deciduous.

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

In Crompton’s joyful and witty stories, however convoluted their plots, things come right in the end—if not for everyone, always for just William.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

Another clear indication of a franchise running on fumes is that its most appealing element is now increasingly convoluted and tedious.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

This opinion was supported by David Rooney in the Hollywood Reporter, external, who wrote that the film "chugs along satisfyingly even with the occasional patch of sluggishness and the usual overly convoluted plot contortions".

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

With regard to “quality,” the evidence suggests profitability incorporates any information about expected returns that may be captured by a long list of quality metrics, including convoluted “roll-ups” of many separate measures of firm strength.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026

Finally, an awareness of syntax can help you avoid ambiguous, confusing, and convoluted sentences.

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

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

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 spectacle of the legal procedure showed how a literate practice ended up convoluting justice.

From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Mihai Nadin