winding paths
Curves through gardens
Winding paths curve and twist rather than running straight, whether through gardens, forests, or mountains.
The phrase often appears figuratively for indirect routes through life, career, or thought: Her winding path to success included stints as a waitress, a paralegal, and a yoga instructor.
The plural suggests multiple turns or a prolonged, meandering journey.
- meanderingFollowing a winding course
- twistingRotating with distortion
- serpentineCurving in repeated bends
- twists and turnsFrequent direction changes
- labyrinthIntricate passage network
curves · trail · maze · crooked · wandering · forest · cobblestones · garden · bends · snaking · hidden · overgrown · footpath · country lane · lane · journey · dappled · ivy
- ant trailsscent trails, chemical signals
- countrysidefarmhouse, farm, barns, farmyard, barn
- curvescurve, arc, curves, curls, curl
- fall sceneryfalling leaves, foliage, pumpkin patches, orchards, red maples
- pastoralshepherds, shepherd, shepherdess, flocks, meadows
winding pathsstraight lines
Unbent one-dimensional figures
beelines · as the crow flies · Roman roads · highways · corridors
winding pathsdirect approach
Unsubtle, frontal method
shortest route · straight and narrow · fast track · cutting to the chase · single-minded pursuit
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