Sentence examples for circumlocutious from inspiring English sources

These characters, both old guard and new, are defining the rules as they go along, and it seems right that the speech of these flailing souls should be so circumlocutious.

From here we move to Edinburgh where our battle-worn heroes (George MacKay and Kevin Guthrie) attempt to rebuild their lives and loves, picking up the pieces of relationships with friends and family in inevitably circumlocutious fashion.

Ishiguro's avoidance of phrasal verbs is a major problem here - it gives his narrator a circumlocutious, cautious air which isn't really very helpful.