CIRCUITOUS in a Sentence
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35 example sentences for CIRCUITOUS, such as:
1. He was making his circuit to Chastelar.
2. The circuit of the city walls is three miles.
3. Then he made the circuit of the basin once more.
4. The race ended with eight laps of a city centre circuit.
5. She did circuit training and lifted weights to build her fitness.
2. The circuit of the city walls is three miles.
3. Then he made the circuit of the basin once more.
4. The race ended with eight laps of a city centre circuit.
5. She did circuit training and lifted weights to build her fitness.
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Meanings and Examples of CIRCUITOUS
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circuitous
a. being or taking a roundabout, lengthy course; going round in a circuit; not direct
Classic Sentence: (25 in 2 pages)
1 The bluntness of his question ruined all hopes of leading up to the matter in any circuitous and sentimental way.
2 She knew what she wanted and she went after it by the shortest route, like a man, not by the hidden and circuitous routes peculiar to women.
3 But, to get there he had to choose between two routes, one long and circuitous leading through the territories of the king, the other short and direct.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XLIV.
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XLIV.
4 To keep out of range of the revealing rays from within he made a circuit through the untrodden snow and gradually approached the farther angle of the basement wall.
5 But the fagged whale abated his speed, and blindly altering his course, went round the stern of the ship towing the two boats after him, so that they performed a complete circuit.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 73. Stubb and Flask Kill a Right Whale; and Then ...
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 73. Stubb and Flask Kill a Right Whale; and Then ...
6 So saying the honest but implacable scout made the circuit of the dead, into whose senseless bosoms he thrust his long knife, with as much coolness as though they had been so many brute carcasses.
7 Again the scout and his companions made the circuit of the halting place, each slowly following the other, until they assembled in the center once more, no wiser than when they started.
8 He continued, therefore, to stray from hut to hut, looking into each only to encounter additional disappointment, until he had made the entire circuit of the village.
9 Tom, whose fetters did not prevent his taking a moderate circuit, had drawn near the side of the boat, and stood listlessly gazing over the railing.
10 "On the whole, Augustine, I think your talents might do for a circuit rider," said Alfred, laughing.
11 Another walk made the circuit of the garden, and skirted the white wall which enclosed it.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VI—WHO GUARDED HIS HOUSE FOR HIM
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VI—WHO GUARDED HIS HOUSE FOR HIM
12 He was making his circuit to Chastelar.
13 So far in this book the Thenardiers have been viewed only in profile; the moment has arrived for making the circuit of this couple, and considering it under all its aspects.
14 Then he made the circuit of the basin once more.
15 He made a circuit, reached the Rue de Bethisy, and directed his course towards the Halles.
Example Sentence:
1 To avoid the traffic congestion on the main highways, she took a circuitous route.
2 For a long time, I bought into this anti-circle bias; and while I often strayed from the straight and narrow, I always chalked up my circuitous path to personal shortcomings.
3 She did circuit training and lifted weights to build her fitness.
4 The circuit of the city walls is three miles.
5 The race ended with eight laps of a city centre circuit.
6 The accuracy of equivalent circuit method can be effectively improved if the calculation of PM leakage permeance is accurate.
7 There is an internal circuit breaker to protect the instrument from overload.
8 But, on rare occasions, microscopic metal particles can lead to a short circuit within the cell, causing overheating and potentially flames.
9 He introduced the closed circuit of oscillation into wireless telegraphy, and was one of the first to send electric waves in definite directions.
10 But, on rare occasions, in their words, microscopic metal particles can lead to a short circuit within the cell, causing overheating and potentially flames and that is a sober statement for anyone using a Sony-powered computer.