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Sentences with circumlocutory

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  • The officials set to work in regular circumlocutory order. -Chambers's Journal.
  • I'm trying to avoid circumlocutions in my writing.
  • He was criticized for his use of circumlocution.
  • He also has a similar high-flown eloquence that can be circumlocutory in the extreme when he doesn't want to answer a question.
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