Sentence examples for tortured syntax from inspiring English sources
He tends to reel off statistics, often in tortured syntax and with very little connective tissue.
He meant to say "methodology"; regardless, tortured syntax is a poor substitute for a roiling stream of angry invective.
(Whether Mr. Kohn contributes to Mr. Greenspan's often tortured syntax and studied ambiguity or fights to minimize them remains their secret).
Should he reach the White House, friends and advisers concede, the trait could be a defining feature of his public image, as memorable as Lyndon B. Johnson's foul-mouthed utterances or the first President Bush's tortured syntax.
The Gore campaign, according to aides, will issue regular press releases highlighting Mr. Bush's tortured syntax and will feature on its Web site video and audio of recent examples, like his disjointed description of his tax plan on Saturday.
The new songs are slower, with keyboard lines straight out of an N.F.L. highlight reel; when he roared, "You can never let down," the crowd seemed flummoxed by the change of pace -- or perhaps by the tortured syntax.
Sallust had attempted to reproduce the Greek style of Thucydides in Latin by a tortured use of syntax and a vocabulary incorporating a number of archaic and unusual words, but the result, although effective, was harsh and unsuitable for a work of any size.
But on the internet the rows still rage, with tortured facts, arguments and syntax, all mixed with vituperative insults, phoney politeness and seemingly RANDOM Use Of Capital letters.
