Sentence examples for most circuitous route from inspiring English sources

Robertson's good fortune was that he had fallen into it, almost by chance, and certainly by the most circuitous route.

(Derived from Xenophon's military chronicle, the word refers to Schweik's attempt to rejoin his regiment through the most circuitous route possible).

It is one of the strangest, most circuitous routes of any player preparing for the draft.

Trump's national spokesman, Katrina Pierson, shows the elasticity of tea party loyalties with one of the most circuitous routes to her new boss.

Marriage equality is clearly an absolute inevitability, yet the Prime Minister has chosen to get us there using the most circuitous, unnecessary route possible.

The narrative of the novel is propelled by a clear goal – the acquisition of the titular house – which, it becomes apparent, can only be achieved by the most exhaustively circuitous route.

But every route we tried, the satnav eventually led us back to the same roundabout, often by the most circuitous of routes.

The London youth offer seems entirely desirable but many would question whether diverting young people from crime with positive activities has anything whatsoever to do with economic development except by the most circuitous of routes.

González, one of the most prominent Chilean athletes, took a circuitous route home.

Most musicians got them from abroad, by a circuitous route.

While most of the gas it will carry is already coming into New York by a more circuitous route through Long Island, the Rockaway Lateral will offer a more direct route, and help meet the city's increasing reliance on natural gas.