ROUNDABOUT in a Sentence
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18 example sentences for ROUNDABOUT, such as:
1. The car stalled at the roundabout.
2. We drove home by a roundabout route.
3. At the roundabout take the third exit.
4. We leave the roundabout at the second exit.
5. We took a roundabout route to avoid the accident.
2. We drove home by a roundabout route.
3. At the roundabout take the third exit.
4. We leave the roundabout at the second exit.
5. We took a roundabout route to avoid the accident.
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Meanings and Examples of ROUNDABOUT
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roundabout
a. marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct
n. a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride or amusement
Classic Sentence:
1 There was a slight noise behind her and she turned just in time to seize a small boy by the slack of his roundabout and arrest his flight.
2 His cap was a dainty thing, his close-buttoned blue cloth roundabout was new and natty, and so were his pantaloons.
3 When we got up-stairs to his room he got me a coarse shirt and a roundabout and pants of his, and I put them on.
4 I heard in a roundabout way that he was safe in Texas.
5 But he obstinately took roundabout ways, and presently he was where he could see long gray walls of vapor where lay battle lines.
6 In a defeat there would be a roundabout vindication of himself.
7 He made sure of his back burrows, as huntsmen say; he hastily despatched one of his agents, by a roundabout way, to guard that issue.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER X—WHICH EXPLAINS HOW JAVERT GOT ON THE SCENT
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER X—WHICH EXPLAINS HOW JAVERT GOT ON THE SCENT
8 Yes," said he, "I'm splitting with laughter, I'm twisting with delight, I abound in joy, but I'm losing my way, I shall have to take a roundabout way.
9 The schoolhouse where Biddy was mistress I had never seen; but, the little roundabout lane by which I entered the village, for quietness' sake, took me past it.
10 We had come out upon Oxford Street and I had ventured some remark as to this being a roundabout way to Kensington, when my words were arrested by the extraordinary conduct of my companion.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In X. The Adventure of The Greek Interpreter
Context Highlight In X. The Adventure of The Greek Interpreter
11 He was such an unnatural colour to look at that the men of roundabouts and waxwork shows seemed gentlemen beside him; but he considered them low company, and remained aloof.
Example Sentence:
1 We took a roundabout route to avoid the accident.
2 The car stalled at the roundabout.
3 We drove home by a roundabout route.
4 We leave the roundabout at the second exit.
5 At the roundabout take the third exit.
6 This conclusion was reached in a roundabout but nevertheless perfectly reliable way.
7 What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.