Examples of convoluted in a Sentence

At base stands a profound respect for the integrity of history and the complex and convoluted relationship between present and the past. — Ira Berlin, New York Times Book Review, 9 Sept. 2001 They are pictures of convoluted tree trunks on an island of pink wave-smoothed stone … — Margaret Atwood, Harper's, August 1990 … she has been fashioning sequences of plans too convoluted to materialize … — Joseph Heller, God Knows, 1984 To therapists, stepfamilies may present convoluted psychological dilemmas … — Letty Cottin Pogrebin, Family Politics, 1983 a convoluted explanation that left the listeners even more confused than they were before

Recent Examples on the Web This has to be the most convoluted and cockamamie apology on the books for Stalin’s mass murder. — Algis Valiunas, National Review, 31 Mar. 2022 Despite the former President’s convoluted and faulty logic, he and his supporters might be forgiven for invoking the E.C.A. in contradictory ways. — Sue Halpern, The New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2022 At oral arguments, he was known for convoluted and often amusing hypotheticals. — Jess Bravin, WSJ, 26 Jan. 2022 The diamond's notoriety can be attributed to its long and convoluted history. — Leena Kim, Town & Country, 5 Mar. 2022 Consciousness is chattery, convoluted, slippery, spotty, fickle. — Kc Cole, Wired, 22 Dec. 2021 Buckingham said the convoluted conspiracy by Renee and Richard Perillo crossed state lines and was prosecuted by the federal government. — John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Apr. 2022 But the president is a formidable opponent, known for his photographic memory and ability to avoid hard questions with long, convoluted answers. — Fortune, 10 Apr. 2022 The litigation involved convoluted allegations of self-dealing among executives at several Russian shipping companies, including Sovcomflot, whose majority owner is the Russian government. — New York Times, 6 Apr. 2022 See More

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