How to Use roundabout in a Sentence

roundabout

1 of 2 adjective
  • He took a roundabout route to town.
  • In a roundabout way, he told me that my help was not wanted.
  • The puma idea came in a roundabout way.
    — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • And that, in a roundabout way, was the point.
    — Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 17 June 2026
  • This is a roundabout way of saying no.
    — Chris Branch, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
  • But in a roundabout way, the right outcome was found.
    — Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
  • But the loss turned around the season for Utah in a roundabout way.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2022
  • That brings us — in a roundabout way — to tonight's host, Aubrey Plaza.
    — Andy Hoglund updated January 22, EW.com, 22 Jan. 2023
  • Cars and trucks piled into the roundabout, horns blaring.
    — Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
  • Swan and sonata ended up in the same place, although sonata took a much more roundabout route.
    — Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 May 2021
  • Ford, who seems to have been born to be in the spotlight, came to fashion in a roundabout way.
    — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2020
  • The airline discloses these fees in a roundabout way on its site.
    — Christopher Elliott, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Is that a roundabout way of saying he's never looked more human?
    — Darren Franich, EW.com, 4 Mar. 2022
  • This sounds like a roundabout way of saying costs had to be cut and that means some features had to be axed.
    — Janhoi McGregor, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2021
  • That's a roundabout way of saying there's been a sudden loss of volume.
    — Allure Editors, Allure, 13 Sep. 2022
  • Not a day went by when someone wasn't asking for money… even in roundabout ways.
    — Mark Gray, PEOPLE.com, 23 June 2022
  • Hayman, 43, came to tidal power in the roundabout way of a sailor.
    — Greta Rybus, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Apr. 2020
  • And, in a roundabout way, wildebeests would profit, too, as part of the greater ecosystem.
    — Tarpley Hitt, The New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Police identified the man as a drug dealer in a roundabout way.
    — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Hailey gave Gomez a little love publicly in a roundabout way.
    — Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 11 May 2022
  • Pottinger took a much more roundabout path to the White House than Matthews.
    — Chris Megerian and Jill Colvin, Chicago Tribune, 21 July 2022
  • Hernandez has had a roundabout big-league career.
    — Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Gilliatte found his way to Cannabis sativa in a roundabout way.
    — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Perhaps Goldberg was, in a roundabout way, trying to make that point too.
    — Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 21 June 2019
  • But sometimes, the path to Olympic glory can follow a roundabout route.
    — Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2022
  • Multiverse’s founders came to AI in a roundabout way.
    — Vivienne Walt, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2025
  • But comedy has always been a way to get to the truth faster than other roundabout matters.
    — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Nov. 2022
  • The stars are actually feeding off the larger ring in a roundabout way.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 4 Oct. 2019
  • This play has had a very roundabout journey to Broadway thanks to the pandemic.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 19 Apr. 2022
  • The path makes its roundabout way toward a fountain with a lone London plane tree at the center.
    — Curbed, 13 Nov. 2022

roundabout

2 of 2 noun
  • And that's the whole point of a roundabout.
    — Robbie Owens, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
  • The roundabout has been in the works for more than three years.
    — Noel Oman, Arkansas Online, 28 Oct. 2021
  • Oh, and of course, writing about roundabouts a few times.
    — Kaitlin Lange, IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Crews will build a new roundabout and move the current road to the north.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Park-and-ride lot near the roundabout at the north end of Tusayan.
    — Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic, 16 May 2022
  • The three roundabouts are part of a broader trend in the county.
    — Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Carmel Valley’s first roundabout is in the works.
    — Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Plenty of the young staff are from roundabouts and can share their knowledge.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Bridges will carry the highway over cross streets and some roundabouts.
    — Riley Moser, CBS News, 15 June 2026
  • Since then, contractors have pushed to start work on the roundabout.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Years after the roundabout was built, there’s still no railway.
    — Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Funnily enough, last week was a bit swings-and-roundabouts for me on that front.
    — Oliver Kay, New York Times, 1 May 2026
  • The answer might lie in the rarity of roundabouts in the city.
    — Sophia Tiedge, jsonline.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • The convoy then turns left before leaving the camp via the roundabout.
    — CNN, 24 May 2022
  • About two decades after Carmel became a city, the first roundabout was built.
    — Jake Allen, IndyStar, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Where will the roundabouts be located?
    — Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Crews will replace the concrete truck apron inside the roundabout.
    — Dj Simmons, Charlotte Observer, 13 June 2026
  • Where the ancient palaces of the obas of Benin once stood, traffic now whizzes through a large roundabout.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Most of the objections raised so far have been to the lane reductions and roundabouts.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 June 2023
  • Left behind at the roundabout were the granite base and the sixty-foot column.
    — Carolina A. Miranda, The New York Review of Books, 27 Apr. 2022
  • The parts with the most traffic are the Bastille roundabout and the area near Trocadéro.
    — New York Times, 23 May 2022
  • The crowd circled four stone lions that guard the roundabout’s central island.
    — Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 10 Dec. 2023
  • Quinones countered that since all three streets didn’t have an unequal flow of traffic, a roundabout made little sense.
    — Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2022
  • Many of the roundabouts built in the game would be undrivable if constructed in real life.
    — Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Mar. 2023
  • In fact, their market made a full roundabout in 2025 with gains of 50%.
    — Jay Woods, CNBC, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The roundabout is about 2 miles from the subdivision.
    — Arkansas Online, 16 May 2026
  • To me, roundabouts feel like a fast and risky behavior that goes against my intuition and common sense.
    — Liz Guthridge, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
  • The engineer for the project suggested the signs be placed closer to the roundabouts.
    — Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Penryn Road, a two-lane road, will become a roundabout near the apartment complex, the group said.
    — Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Dixon said there’s one roundabout on Longcommon Parkway that works.
    — Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026

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