1.   So it would seem safe to assume that life as a gay priest might be something of a tortured path -- if not a contradiction in terms.

2.   But considering the tortured path he has taken, his return to work has inspired this small Kerrville campus.

3.   If it passes, the statue will bear the dubious distinction of having followed perhaps the most tortured path to prominence in the history of Congressional art.

4.   The deal won conditional antitrust clearance in Washington in May, but its tortured path in Europe has raised concern among Bush administration officials.