convolute
Example Sentences
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How barmy is it to fly thousands of people half-way around the world to sit in giant air-conditioned tents to argue about commas, and interpretations of convoluted words?
From BBC
Our reviewer, Steven Poole, wrote that “the book proceeds like a convoluted murder mystery, introducing one suspect after another in what seems like an open-and-shut case, before puncturing the promising narrative with an inconvenient fact.”
In convoluted language, the resolution does mention a possible future Palestinian state -- an eventuality firmly and repeatedly rejected by Israel.
From Barron's
But these convoluted John le Carré diversions are not engaging, and the attempts to enrich the characters are clunky.
“Life is not a continuous line from the cradle to the grave,” as we read in “Consider the Consequences,” but instead a convoluted series of choices and refusals.
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