| 单词 | tortuousness |
| 例句 | The very tortuousness of her language, the straining to render her emotion in terms of the intellect, introduces a quality which is out of harmony with the ground theme of feminine surrender. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z Nor yet with sufficient distinctness the sense of tortuousness, so strongly brought out in some of its derivatives. The River-Names of Europe 2011-04-20T02:00:18.983Z Dysentery had already broken out, and the length and tortuousness of their communications were greatly emphasised by the condition of the roads. The French Revolution 2011-02-10T03:00:50.577Z The road was tantalizing in its tortuousness; after walking a furlong we found ourselves a couple of yards directly above the point we had quitted a quarter of an hour before. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) 2010-12-27T03:00:17.990Z Nevertheless, you must have observed, although with greater curiosity than concern, the slipperiness and tortuousness of your detractors. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection The meticulous tortuousness of family life struck Mr. Twist with a sudden great impatience. Christopher and Columbus The sense then might be either the ordinary one of motion, the root-meaning of most river names, or it might be the special sense of tortuousness. The River-Names of Europe 2011-04-20T02:00:18.983Z And the result was a cunning and elaborate plot, such as from its very tortuousness and complexity would appeal to the heart of an Oriental. The Elephant God The tortuousness of the route must have made the journey twice as long as it need have been with a little more careful selection. The Mystery of 31 New Inn Our course now changed to south-west, and as the width and tortuousness began to decrease--a sure indication that the country was rising--we soon made another six miles. Discoveries in Australia, Volume 2 Discoveries in Australia; with an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in The Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners Of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits To the Islands in the Arafura Sea The apparent tortuousness of Northcote's conduct was caused by the weakness of his position as leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons. The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 1 Probably upon the whole the sense of tortuousness is that which should be recognized. The River-Names of Europe 2011-04-20T02:00:18.983Z This is a very admissable explanation, considering the tedium and slowness of their progress in winding through scrubs, and being delayed by crossings, the tortuousness of their route making it difficult to keep the course. Narrative of the Overland Expedition of the Messrs. Jardine from Rockhampton to Cape York, Northern Queensland Chesterton, for example, have criticized it, and I think very justly, on the ground that the invincible tortuousness of human pride and class-feeling would inevitably vitiate its working. First and Last Things This transaction, taken in connection with the tortuousness of his public course, explains the distrust I have always expressed for him. Democracy, an American novel His mind occupied itself at first chiefly with the tortuousness and weakness of his own character. Soul of a Bishop It was horrible that nowadays, in thinking of Susy, he should always suspect ulterior motives, be meanly on the watch for some hidden tortuousness. The Glimpses of the Moon |
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