Sentence examples for a devious route from inspiring English sources

Hussey was out the last over before tea when a ball from the overworked Graeme Bridge trickled in a devious route off the batsman on to the stumps.

During the hearing, an assistant district attorney, Eric Seidel, repeatedly called Mr. Haggerty a "liar" who "took a circuitous, devious route to obtain the money" from Mr. Bloomberg.

English has freely adopted and adapted words from many other languages, acquiring them sometimes directly and sometimes by devious routes.

By negotiation and by devious routes, all were brought to England in the postwar years, cementing Rotblat's loyalty and, through their experiences, reinforcing his unceasing and single-minded pursuit of an ideal world in which the primary goal is peace.

In desperation, he decided to flee the country by a devious and virtually untraceable route.

It was a devious little moment".

Schofield proved a devious career climber.

Then, with a devious grin, he obliged.

Sarao is hardly your idea of a devious financial mastermind.

They'd never faced such a devious enemy.

"This isn't a devious tactic by any stretch.