circumvolute

VERB
  1. wind or turn in volutions, especially in an inward spiral, as of snail
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How To Use circumvolute In A Sentence

  • It is not that I cannot write to you; should you doubt it, take the following fragment, which was intended for you some time ago, and be convinced that I can antithesize sentiment, and circumvolute periods, as well as any coiner of phrase in the regions of philology. The Letters of Robert Burns
  • _circumvolute_ periods, as well as any coiner of phrase in the regions of philology. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham
  • It is not that I cannot write to you; should you doubt it, take the following fragment, which was intended for you some time ago, and be convinced that I can antithesize sentiment, and circumvolute periods, as well as any coiner of phrase in the regions of philology. The Letters of Robert Burns
  • The old governor, who had purposely been more circumvolute even than usual, in order not too suddenly to shock his feelings, looked up at him with a kind expression, which showed that he truly entered into his wretchedness. The Pirate of the Mediterranean A Tale of the Sea
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