Vocabulary Word
Word: tortuous
Definition: winding; full of curves; Ex. tortuous mountain road
Definition: winding; full of curves; Ex. tortuous mountain road
Sentences Containing 'tortuous'
A small, dim, crooked shop, kept in a tortuous, up hill thoroughfare, by a small, dim, crooked man.
Having reached the summit of his vengeance by a long and tortuous path, he saw an abyss of doubt yawning before him.
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