roundabout

Example Sentences

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Instead, the no-audits pledge followed a roundabout path.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

“This is such a roundabout, long-winded way of doing a rejection,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

The main house featured an elaborate sculpture of a stallion trampling a dragon in the roundabout out front.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2026

A wheelchair swing and a wheelchair-accessible roundabout were also added in an attempt to create a "community centre without walls".

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026

Is that a roundabout way of calling me cold?

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon