Sentence examples for tortuous steps from inspiring English sources

Nobody knows all the tortuous steps to getting a break, to getting recognized".

Imagine the tortuous steps in takes to sell an American-made plane to an airline in a foreign country.

The June 7th election was merely the first step on a tortuous path to the formation of a new government.

IT IS the first step on a tortuous path to a destination that will take months, if not years, to reach.

The comments by Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi represented one more step in a tortuous diplomatic minuet over the proposed nuclear talks that is playing out against a backdrop of speculation about a possible military strike by Israel on Iran's nuclear facilities.

Meanwhile, people were making their way up the blood-covered steps to endure the tortuous wait for news of their relatives or friends.

WASHINGTON — The Interior Department granted Shell permission on Thursday to begin preparatory work on its first well in the Arctic Ocean, moving the company a critical step forward on its tortuous quest to drill for oil off the coast of Alaska.

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Despite a two-game losing streak and a real fear by fans that the season could spiral toward a tortuous, same-old-Jets ending, Brett Favre stepped behind a lectern and delivered a declaration.

The bidding process is the latest step in the state's tortuous oversight of its thoroughbred racing franchise.

Ban Ki-moon, secretary general of the United Nations, has called the pledge a "big step" in the long and tortuous history of global efforts on climate protection.

The filing is the latest step in the slow and tortuous collapse of the Kirch Group, the Munich-based media conglomerate that controlled Germany's biggest commercial television network and rights to a huge library of television shows, movies and sports events.