Word: tortuously
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...developed his graceful and somewhat unorthodox swing. He never took a lesson, never hampered his free & easy game with the kinks and strains that often plague the rule-book golfer. At twelve, Sam took up caddying at the Homestead, studied the pros, and played the employees' course-nine tortuous holes on a mountainside called the "goat -course." The Sneads were poor (father Snead was a maintenance man in the Homestead's boiler room). In addition to caddying, Sam also worked as a soda jerk...
...Cabinet authorized Scelba to begin the ratification process for the European Army treaty, and empowered him to risk a vote of confidence when the issue-after a long, noisy and tortuous parliamentary process-comes up for a showdown in the Senate and Chamber of Deputies. The EDC bill will not get out of committee until May or later, and when it does the Communists and their allies will launch a massive attack. Optimistic timetable for ratification: six months...
Perhaps neither political know-how nor vision is enough to account for the power and popularity of this Patriarch. When he drives through the tortuous streets of old Istanbul in the black Cadillac presented him by his Hollywood friend, Filmagnate Spyros Skouras, policemen all along his route come to salute. A reporter once asked one of them whether this was an official order...
...year of innovation, the Council had to set bounds, and determine the extent of its responsibility. This was often a long and tortuous process. When the group decided to frame a student statement on academic freedom, members spent hours in debate before approving the version which the New York Times eventually printed. The Council learned that though it represented Harvard it could speak for the diverse student body only on very basic issues...
Lindbergh ax-jumped on to the ice chute to try to grab him, but Hopf's body flashed by. It left a trail of blood for 800 feet. Hopf was still breathing when they reached him. Lindbergh eased Hopf on to lashed skis for the tortuous descent...