Sentence examples for a pretty tortuous from inspiring English sources

He said that their advocates "trod a pretty tortuous path through that maze that is called the Pentagon, and gradually we were able to brush aside the doubting Thomases, who were the traditionalists and the orthodox, and the objections of the C.I.A., who were fearful we'd tread on their charter".

It sounds like a pretty tortuous transaction.

So it's been a long and pretty tortuous negotiation process to arrive at a deal.

It was pretty tortuous really and I was resisting it for quite a while and then suddenly I just let go and it was the best thing that ever happened to me".

While it may seem that the only path to follow still is via the executive route, which can be pretty tortuous, there are alternatives.

Tottenham Hotspur had been forced to wait and, as each one of their top-six rivals won on Boxing Day or Tuesday, it might have felt pretty tortuous.

"What a pretty, pretty, pretty Little Man".

This is a pretty improbable scenario.

A pretty desperate situation.

It's a pretty small hole.

But she has a pretty balanced diet.