Citations:convolute

English citations of convolute

sense: twist (someone's words)

• 1996 October 21, David Oller <doller@ix.netcom.com>, "Re: The Buddha Sat", message-ID <326C5BDF.5D8F@ix.netcom.com>, alt.zen, Usenet:

  I must have said to you many times that you are convoluting my words. Hell! I had to tell you twenty times I didn't practice Soto Zen and had never met a Soto teacher before you quit projecting me as a Soto Zen Buddhist.

• 2001 July 17, "Olukaw" <olukawile@hotmail.com>, "Re: 'Ricardo Obatla's' Botanica...", message-ID <3b5490a2.23486391@news.telocity.net>, alt.religion.orisha, Usenet:

  That he has misconstrued and convoluted my words, unfortunately I have no jurisdiction over his confusion.

sense: make complex

• 1999 December 24, "Vampeleon" <tonreg@icon.co.za>, "Re: Angelfish split its bottom fin", message-ID <N.122499.140824.94@vampeleon>, alt.aquaria, Usenet:

  […] this "professor" is worse than a lawyer in convoluting his words to suit his peculiar slant of the way he sees pain.