How to Use circuitous in a Sentence

circuitous

adjective

• Their logic seems a bit circuitous.
• Scared to lead them to the shelter, Waulter took a circuitous route.
  — Silvia Foster-Frau, ExpressNews.com, 29 Sep. 2019
• For Payne, it's been a long and circuitous road to get to the house on Clayton Street.
  — Carol Robinson, AL.com, 10 Mar. 2018
• Casey and Miller's idea took a long and circuitous route getting to the big screen.
  — Clark Collis, EW.com, 30 Nov. 2022
• The station is on the airport's east side, and the tracks take a circuitous route to get there.
  — Tim Zorn, Post-Tribune, 12 May 2017
• Storr has traveled a circuitous path in the last few years.
  — Jeff Potrykus, Journal Sentinel, 13 Apr. 2023
• As for the circuitous route he’s traveled, Childers is proud of his path.
  — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2022
• And Donald Trump crisscrossed the land on his circuitous route to the White House.
  — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 23 Oct. 2021
• But this time, the riff seemed to come out of nowhere and was even more circuitous than usual.
  — Ashley Parker, Washington Post, 26 July 2024
• Slate took a circuitous path to both love and comedic stardom.
  — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2024
• The road here for ATC, amid its 29th season, has been ... circuitous.
  — Page Leggett, charlotteobserver, 10 Jan. 2018
• But the bar is high, judging by the circuitous, two-year journey of this bill.
  — Greg Ip, WSJ, 27 July 2022
• It's been a circuitous journey to the NFL for Robinson.
  — Aaron Wilson, Houston Chronicle, 10 May 2018
• All of the sudden, Mile High became the world’s most circuitous sports bar.
  — Dylan Owens, The Know, 8 June 2017
• Perhaps, but the routes through the world to that state of being are circuitous and varied.
  — Veronique Greenwood, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2017
• Castro traveled a circuitous route in life to end up at the school.
  — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2022
• Finding a way to good health has been an even more circuitous route.
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Oct. 2021
• Putin’s warpath does not lead from point A to point B but is a circuitous route that leads from point A back to point A.
  — Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 13 Jan. 2023
• But her past is a circuitous route of secrets, lies, pain.
  — David Whiting, Orange County Register, 30 Apr. 2017
• Spunky, who is now nearly 2 years old, came to Kukol through a circuitous route.
  — oregonlive.com, 13 July 2019
• Seat-holders who paid up to $250 each, came by circuitous routes.
  — Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2023
• But like a pint-sized Ulysses, George never stays in one place for long on his circuitous route home.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
• To get to this point, Toscano-Anderson took a circuitous route.
  — Connor Letourneau, SFChronicle.com, 22 Dec. 2020
• Of the two, Riley took a more circuitous route to being drafted.
  — Paul Johnson, Aurora Beacon-News, 14 June 2017
• Williams’ circuitous journey to the Rams started nine years ago.
  — Gary Klein Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2020
• The circuitous route was met with ridicule on social media.
  — New York Times, 25 June 2018
• Most of the artists live in D.C. or Baltimore but came to their current homes by circuitous paths.
  — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2023
• What used to be a short walk across the street for groceries now requires a circuitous drive around a chain-link fence to reach the Giant.
  — Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2020
• Bank shares have taken a circuitous path since the pandemic began in the spring of 2020.
  — Ben Eisen, WSJ, 7 Dec. 2021
• His trip there was slightly circuitous, involving two planes and a stop in London.
  — Pol Ballús, The Athletic, 20 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Jan 2025