roundabout way in English

ound and round, indirect route

Use "roundabout way" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "roundabout way" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "roundabout way", or refer to the context using the word "roundabout way" in the English Dictionary.

1. 17 I heard the news in a roundabout way.

2. 29 Maybe those teams knew something, in a roundabout way.

3. 26 It was a roundabout way of telling us to leave.

4. Because I spoke in a slightly roundabout way, you couldn't understand?

5. 30 We made a bit of a fuss in a roundabout way.

6. 28 He told us, in a very roundabout way, that he was thinking of leaving.

7. 27 He asked me, in a roundabout way, if he could have a salary increase.

8. 24 We took a roundabout way from Chicago to San Francisco by driving through Texas.

9. 7 Jesus states that the stranger approaches his victims in the sheepfold in a roundabout way.

10. Circumlocution (n.) "a roundabout way of speaking, studied indirection or evasiveness in speaking or writing," c

11. In a roundabout way by selection (we notice that diseases are often overshadowed compared to what they call “breaking news”) ; it can be checked in bibliography managers, called “social Bookmakings” such as “Dmoz”, “Digg”, “Reddit” or “Connotea” (this last is dedicated to science and medicine) which direct you to the