In the distance he discerned the ragged
tortuous lines that marked the winding course of the hideous gorges which scored the broad plain at intervals--the terrible gorges that had so nearly claimed his life in punishment for his temerity in attempting to invade the sanctity of their ancient solitude.
A very simple reason - his heart was not at rest, his mind was not thoroughly convinced; he imagined there lay some dark, hidden,
tortuous intrigue behind these thirteen millions of francs; and he wished that the pure heart of La Valliere, which had revolted at the idea of theft or robbery, should approve - even were it only by a single word - the resolution he had taken, and which, nevertheless, he hesitated before carrying into execution.
His eyes scanned the river as far down-stream as the
tortuous channel would permit, but there was no sign of the Russian or his dugout.
Through this seeming jungle ran
tortuous paths, and the carved stone benches of the open garden gave place to rustic seats, and swings suspended from the branches of fruit trees.
I walked through many streets, some broad and straight with high, modern buildings, some narrow, gloomy, and
tortuous, between the gables of quaint old houses whose overhanging stories, elaborately ornamented with carvings in wood and stone, almost met above my head.
Near this point the footpath joins the wider track, which connects the Grimsel with the head of the Rhone SCHNAWP; this has been carefully constructed, and leads with a
tortuous course among and over LES PIERRES, down to the bank of the gloomy little SWOSH-SWOSH, which almost washes against the walls of the Grimsel Hospice.
The pit was still in darkness; the mighty engines, so great and wonderful in their power and com- plexity, so unearthly in their
tortuous forms, rose weird and vague and strange out of the shadows towards the light.
With a sigh I turned the prow of my craft down stream, and with mighty strokes hastened with reckless speed through the dark and
tortuous channel until once again I came to the chamber into which flowed the three branches of the river.
He saw himself lingering in Cordova on the bridge that spanned the Gaudalquivir; he wandered through
tortuous streets in Toledo and sat in churches where he wrung from El Greco the secret which he felt the mysterious painter held for him.
TIES with the United States are amongst the most
tortuous and important bilateral relationships this country maintains.
Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF) has congratulated the Rivers State governor, Governor Nyesom Wike, on his victory at the poll, the result which the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officially declared few days ago after what the Forum described as 'a
tortuous and needless rigmarole.'
Summary: It was a grim,
tortuous journey for many of his characters like Spider-Man, or The Hulk, but it was worth it for us his readers.
And the appeal registration process is said to be so "
tortuous" firms are put off applying for reductions, potentially leaving many paying over the odds.
"I believe the word is '
tortuous,'" I told her, the words landing in my wake as I headed toward the Page One meeting.
Tortuous common carotid artery is often associated with risk of injury during surgical procedures in the neck region, and such injuries usually occur during tracheotomy (1).
