He had heard enough pitches for favoritism that he easily recognized the roundabout approach.

Its roundabout approach to the Holocaust suggests "Everything Is Illuminated" Lite.

Overly fancy camera work and a flippant tone also don't help a film that "winds up less affecting than a more poetic or roundabout approach might be" (Maslin).

Sean was preparing for a typically roundabout African approach, but he adapted his pitch.

But over the past decade or more a new generation of critics has emerged with a softer, more roundabout approach that they hope can pass constitutional muster.

Yet this film, for all its apparent immediacy, winds up less affecting than a more poetic or roundabout approach might be.

Robin did not want to be seen by the person with the flashlight, so she sought for a roundabout approach.

--perfectly in character for the man--I would have been more suspicious if he had tried a roundabout approach.

Why does Mr. Rhodes take this seemingly roundabout approach, which is not even hinted at in his title?

Better to take a roundabout approach and lure the loafing sophont into complacency.