Sentence examples for a roundabout series from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a roundabout series" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a sequence of events or actions that are indirect or not straightforward.
Example: "The investigation took a roundabout series of turns before reaching a conclusion."
Alternatives: "an indirect sequence" or "a circuitous series".

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Ford wound up owning the name through a roundabout series of horse-trading sessions.

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ROSS McELWEE comes across in person very much as he does in the series of idiosyncratic documentaries he has made -- and in a roundabout way, starred in -- since the 70's.

Having ridden their luck early on they constructed a sixth-wicket partnership of 124 that rather emphasised, in a roundabout way, the true value of Mitchell Johnson in scuppering the England lower order in this series.

Yes, in a roundabout way.

I always take a roundabout way".

Metrosexual has become a roundabout homophobic taunt.

Crawford reached Xavier in a roundabout way.

He did, in a roundabout way.

They tried their luck on a roundabout.

How about traffic lights or a roundabout?

You go around a roundabout twice.

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