How to Use convolute in a Sentence

convolute

verb
Definition of convolutenext
  • That said: Man, did the Dolores stuff get convoluted in the first season.
    — Scott Meslow, GQ, 20 Apr. 2018
  • The Phish universe also holds more than 30 years of convoluted in-jokes that make fans roar, and storms of glow sticks on cue.
    — Jon Pareles, Jon Caramanica, Nate Chinen, Stephen Holden and Elise Czajkowski, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2016
  • The plot is convoluted, sure, but its scares still hold up—probably thanks to the girl who literally crawls out of the screen to do the deed.
    — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 22 Oct. 2017
  • Brazil (1985)– Terry Gilliam’s vision of a retro-future world, run by a convoluted over structure.
    — Patrick Orndorff, WIRED, 14 Jan. 2011
  • The party’s position on the EU is convoluted, with a split between those who want to go through with Brexit and those who want a new referendum on whether to remain in the bloc.
    — Danica Kirka, The Denver Post, 29 Oct. 2019
  • One of the features of a skaldic poem is that it’s incredibly convoluted, like a cryptic crossword puzzle.
    — National Geographic, 22 Jan. 2017
  • What follows is a thorough examination of the video’s convoluted history that, for the first time, sheds light on exactly how the clip—which we were never meant to see—made its way into the mainstream.
    — Tim McMillan, Popular Mechanics, 17 Jan. 2020
  • And, controlling the matter is convoluted by the notion that little is known about the exact network of pirates who are believed to have been born out of local fisherman circles.
    — Fox News, 1 Oct. 2019
  • Todd Haynes’s convoluted new film is a disappointing follow-up to his masterpiece Carol.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 20 Oct. 2017
  • But when markets get convoluted, entrepreneurs get creative.
    — Stacy Cowley, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2016
  • All of this is on fine display in this year’s installment, which pleasingly focuses more heavily on the stories at hand than the sometimes convoluted framing device of the storytellers’ personas.
    — Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 20 Oct. 2019
  • Companies can no longer hide behind convoluted and often ignored user agreements, but must obtain consent with a full understanding of the user where their data may go.
    — New York Times, 23 Apr. 2018
  • The system is further convoluted by increasingly common rebates that drug companies pay to PBMs.
    — Washington Post, 3 May 2018
  • Party identification is slightly convoluted in the sheriff’s race, which is still partisan despite a change approved by voters in 2016 that would make the race nonpartisan.
    — Steven Lemongello, OrlandoSentinel.com, 22 June 2018
  • The causes of this cost disparity are convoluted and various, Obermeyer said.
    — Quinn Gawronski, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2019
  • Their origin story is convoluted because the commercial market took decades to develop in the early 20th century, evolving first from tractors and Ford Model T conversions.
    — Matthew Jancer, Popular Mechanics, 5 Mar. 2018
  • The relationship was convoluted from the moment Ventura and Sangiovanni connected on social media.
    — Vahe Gregorian and Maria Torres, kansascity, 6 July 2018
  • In this captivating, charming, if occasionally convoluted, memoir, Kelly generously takes the reader through a life of endless dedication that ultimately led to his groundbreaking 12 months in space.
    — Jaroslav Kalfar, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2017

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